When I went to collect the post from the postbox, I noticed the house across the street front garden was covered in grasshopper weeds. I have no idea the correct name for these plants. When I was a child, we called them grasshopper weeds… more »

I love being a country girl; I could not imagine living in the city surrounded by buildings or living in some subdivision where my neighbour is only an arm's distance away from me. My gardens are surrounded by trees and in the morning the air if full of… more »

As you may recall, I wrote about flood, drought, and agony. The drought ended by three days of very severe thunderstorms that ended up dropping somewhere between 15 and 18 cm (6 to 7 in) of rain. more »