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Welcome to Week 18 of the Hive Garden Question! Last week was about 'before' and 'after' and Hive Gardeners had some creative approaches to the question. @sanjeevm lamented the promised work on the empty

When you’ve retired to the middle of nowhere to live off the fat of the land and you don’t drive, your activity options are severely limited. There’s mucking out the chicken shed, downright torturous during

A Haibun

SB Chronicles 02 What's one small, simple joy that consistently brightens your day, and why does it bring you happiness?

Welcome to Week 14 of the Hive Garden Question! Last week's challenge was all about our garden feature dreams - from outdoor showers to natural pools, seems us gardeners are always planning. This week's

Spoiler Alert...Spoiler Alert...Spoiler Alert Mountainhead is a 2025 satirical movie produced by Frank Rich and written by Jesse Armstrong. The film received a 29% rating on the rottentomatoes popcornmeter.

I have to confess that this week this admin will be in Bali for a week, but she'll try to upvote and reblog when she isn't snorkelling or lounging by the pool admiring tropical Balinese garden landscapes.

This account has been maintained intermittently by a supporter of Ben Stone the Bad Quaker, and the goal was to maintain an archive of Ben's work which would resist the internet memory hole. The official

Welcome to Week 9 of the Hive Garden Question! This week we have two related questions for you. We hope you drop in when you can and create responses for all of us to enjoy, and don't forget to engage

My daughter's dog is wildly playful. He is young, just 14 months old. His rambunctious nature is due not only to his youth, but to his heritage. According to his shelter documents, he is a mixed breed

On how I now customize my garden for *my* needs

Welcome to Week 6 of the Hive Garden Question! This week we have two related questions for you. We hope you drop in when you can and create responses for all of us to enjoy, and don't forget to engage

It’s been too long since you’ve been gone, my memories reside in a quiet room, candles flicker, shadows of love in the early eve. We pour ourselves your favourite, a G&T in hand, I feel the bubbles

Oof, it's already May 2nd in Australia but it's the 1st of May officially somewhere, right? My only excuse is a migraine that even being in the garden won't fix. It's almost been hard to keep up with the

Always on the look-out for inspiring ideas I was researching chickweed a few months ago and came across this article in which the author described a salve he made with chickweed & plantain, saying

This is something not talked about enough in the international community, and now is a good time to talk about it because Europe and America are coming together again to kill another African leader. This

Does history repeat itself?

Modern science says: 'The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.' From an incandescent mass we have originated, and into a frozen mass we shall turn. Merciless is the law of

The street was blocked by a large brocade. The fabric was tall as a building and reached all the way over the street. It was white, strong and ornamented with red flowers and yellow birds, so strong indeed

We are well and truly into the new season north and south - how's the equator going? We're always interested in this time of year in your gardens and we are definitely excited about the new challenge!