Stalled Summer
Sometime in mid-July I was gifted a little variegated Hosta that was starting to struggle in its home environment, so I planned to make it part of my peace garden project, to find a spot where it could flourish. I took it out of the truck, set it in the wood chips on the east…
Getting in Sync
Summer at Four Sticks Farm started with the sudden death of The Greatest Dog in the Whole Wide World, a disruption to the activities of our daily living and the beginning of a season out of sync. Heat and rain and high dewpoints, some of my least favorite things, saturated the summer. Waterlogged trails of…
Endless Summer
The rain has been falling all summer.The wet has become a big bumme.rSump reaches near the top,The pump decides to stop,My Saturday’s spent with the plumber. Many days have been humid and hot.Puddles splatter across the dry lot.It’s closed to the horses,And therefore it forces,Them to chill in an alternate spot. So much heat, so…
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