Tu Bishvat or the Jewish New Year of Trees is just around the corner. Of course, there is food to celebrate but also its an excellent time of the year to remember the environment and to be aware of how to protect it.
The Joy of Kosher website has an excellent menu plan: Tu Bishvat Shabbat Menu
Take time today to look through the seed and plant catalogs and plan your gardens!
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Random acts of kindness – hand knitted scarf with note left on a park bench: “If you are stuck outside in the cold please take this to keep warm.”
There is hope ….
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One of my favourite winter flowering plants is Witch Hazel. A few cultivars are very fragrant. My favourite is a cooper-flowered variety known as Jelena. It has a low spreading habit of about 6 feet tall but 8 feet wide. A beautiful Winter plant.
Lily has settled in. She thinks she owns the house now but I do miss Gus a bit.
She, of course, is a cat and does not listen to anything I say….
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Arthur in the Garden! 