Gardenwife’s Plot

A plot can be a garden, a grave or a story.

Mmm-mmmm Mulberries

It’s mulberry season here in central Ohio. We’re fortunate to have an old black mulberry tree (M. nigra L.) just over the property line. I’m not sure which cultivar of black mulberry it is, but the ripe fruits are plump and jet black - delicious.
Technically, the tree belongs to the school behind us, but no [...]

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Sharps

No, not Miller Beer’s Sharp’s non-alcoholic “beer” beverage. Sharps as in biohazard sharps. Anyone who’s worked in a hospital or other medical facility is well aware of these disposal receptacles.

What’s odd is, I took this picture in the public restroom at our local public library. I know it’s probably there as a courtesy to diabetics [...]

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Dawes sunset

I took the long way home from work yesterday, stopping at the Dawes Arboretum to watch the sunset and check out the cypress swamp. It was chilly and the clouds kept rolling by. They cleared up in time for me to enjoy a beautiful sunset from the vantage point of the observation deck positioned on top [...]

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Crop for a good cause this Saturday

Love to scrapbook? Love scrapbooking and craft items? This Saturday, June 14, from 10-8, you can scrapbook and help someone at the same time. This crop is to benefit Mary-Jo Van Sickle, my friend and fellow design team member at the local scrapbooking store. Mary-Jo’s husband Jeff died recently as the result of an accident [...]

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