Spring has come to the Retreat, with all of it’s glorious wind and night/day temperature changes. Fortunately, none of this stops the caretakers from trimming trees, placing plants back outside and cleaning the outside like busy bees. The spider plants…
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Spring 2014
Tagged with: bonsai, Buddhist, gardening, Kyoto, retreat, spider plants, spring, the Retreat, trees, watering, weather, wind, wood
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Apple of the Orient
Persimmon sits ripe Juice barely dry upon lips. Refreshing wind blows.
Personal Retreats
This week’s Retreat highlight is less a specific place and more an ideal. The Retreat started as a small garden getaway in my life, someplace to rest, relax, and recuperate along with friends and family. While I would have loved…
Tagged with: escapism, garden, garden retreat, gardening, hermatige, individual, personal retreat, reflection, retreat, SecondLife, solitude
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Guerrilla Gardening
Civil disobedience, in many forms, can be seen in the actions of Gandhi, Rev. King, Thoreau, etc. It has taken many forms ranging from the violent protests of the 1960’s counter culture to Home Rule to the more recent Arab…
Tagged with: civil disobedience, garden, gardening, Ghandi, guerrilla gardening, Liz Christy, nature, peace, Rev. King, self, spring, symbology
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Informaitional
Spring forward
It has occurred to me that I have not updated the Gardening and Nature section for some time. Many of the Retreats trees are in full bloom. Green spots have started to show on the grounds and at least one…
Tagged with: bonsai, daylight savings time, garden, gardening, nature, routine, time change, trees
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Musings
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Musings
Winter’s End
I have been working on the Retreat’s trees the last few days. Most of what I have done is remove wire and clean them up a bit. We may have lost the two Chinese Plums due to watering/potting problems. We…
Tagged with: bonsai, bougainvillea, chinese sweet plum, gardening, nature, purple queen, spring, trees, winter end
Posted in Gardening and Nature
Posted in Gardening and Nature
Mushrooms
While this may seem like preparation to prepare to think about doing something, I am looking at what it would take to grow mushrooms this summer. I have seen some interesting posts on other sites and thinks that I have…
Feed Me Seymore-San…
During my gardening exploits, several times I have come across a bulb or root system that was planted by former owners of the house. Other times, I will have an annual go through it’s cycle, die back, and join my…
Nian Xióng Hall 