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WINTER’S COVENANT, SPRING’S PROMISE
February 28, 2015

Yesterday, when I pulled aside the yellow straw that served as their winter blanket, I really didn’t expect to see their small heads nestled against the black soil. It is early yet—still February, just barely—but there they were. My breath caught in delight: Thin spears of purple asparagus yawned and stretched up toward a cloudy,…

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WEED WONDER
February 25, 2014

The chilling cold seems to have left my small corner of the Northwest for now. I can’t say that it won’t return before winter has its last hurrah, but we are back to our typically cloudy, mostly-wet days. There are some signs, however, that spring may be stretching her mint-green arms and yawning. Just a…

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