Lena’s Orchid

Can you hear it? That deep rolling thunder that sneaks up on a summer afternoon? I’m in the garden; stirring the compost and planting lettuce and the trees around me start to sway. The drum-roll in the distance is mesmerizing. I look up and see the sheets of rain falling in the distance. They’re somewhere…

Today I went into the Bean Scene in St. George to get a Pomegranate Green Tea, and I picked up some compost gold for my garden. Their coffee grounds are rich and fresh, they use unbleached filters; which are a great addition to the garden, and they give me a bucket full for my compost pile…

We pruned the flowering plum a couple of weeks ago, and I put the branches in a vase of water, set them on an old bench by my garden seedlings, . . . . . . . . and waited. And waited. . . And finally!!!!. . . They bloomed! The deepest most beautiful crimson…