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Mindfulness Garden Games
by Joann Calabrese

author of Growing Mindful

Milkweed & What is Essential

Joann CalabreseJune 14, 2022 Gardens, Living Intentionally, Mindful Practices, Mindfulness

Happy Full Moon – June 16, 2022 Milkweed You may be familiar with the milkweed family as it produces unique and beautiful flowers followed by a showy display of seeds in the fall. Large seed pods open to release thousands of seeds attached to soft cottony threads. The threads are buoyant so they can take … Read more

Butterflies & Alignment with Beauty

Joann CalabreseJanuary 7, 2020October 28, 2018 Living Intentionally, Mindfulness

Am I the only person who didn’t know that caterpillars disintegrate into a gloppy mess inside their cocoons before recreating themselves as butterflies? I found this out only recently and realized my original ideas about the change were loosely based on whimsical children’s books. What a surprise – they did not provide a lot … Read more

The Resilient Thread
November 1, 2024
New Moon Greetings – November 1, 2024 The Resilient Thread Let me start with this reminder – you are stronger and more resilient than you know. Even though the world feels a little out of control right now, I am here to tell you that whatever happens next, we can …Read More »
Gather, Appreciate, & Release
October 2, 2024
New Moon Greetings – October 2, 2024 Gather, Appreciate, & Release Fall is a busy time for gardeners. Depending on the size of your garden it can be hard to keep up with the harvest. And we also have to be concerned about the first frost. In Denver our average …Read More »
In Praise of Burdock
September 2, 2024
New Moon Greetings – September 2, 2024 On Burdock Perhaps your only exposure to burdock (Arctium lappa) is when the sticky burrs get stuck on your dogs coat or your clothes. This is the time of year that is likely to happen. It can be frustrating because the burrs are …Read More »
Chaos Gardening
August 4, 2024
New Moon Greetings – August 4, 2024 I’ve always joked that my style of gardening should be called chaos gardening. Springtime plans quickly turn unwieldy, leading to a backyard awash in shapes, colors, fruits, flowers, and vegetables in no discernable order. And that is how it has always been. So, …Read More »
Seasons of Hail
July 5, 2024
New Moon Greetings – July 5, 2024 Didn’t See it Coming When I began gardening in Colorado, hail was not on my planning list. I knew that gardening would be harder in Denver than in Pennsylvania where I’d grown up. Water falls from the sky routinely in Pennsylvania. Rainfall in …Read More »

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