Author Archives: Mignon

The utter sense of loss, unnecessary illness and death from the still raging covid pandemic and a country failing to adequately honor and support the first responders and many heroes of the 9/11 attack have left me in profound despair. … Continue reading →

Extreme weather is in the news every day. Wildfires in California, floods 0f epic proportions in North Carolina and Tennessee, and hurricanes that batter and destroy homes and lives. I am one of the fortunate ones because when Robinson Creek … Continue reading →

I simply adore this season in my garden. The labor of digging, storing and replanting the dahlia tubers is a natural rhythm that has become sacred to me. I will have blooms until first frost, which is usually late October … Continue reading →

My summer took a very different turn than expected when I crashed on my bicycle on July 5. Fortunately help was there immediately and Dr. Adam Kaufman did a fabulous job of replacing the total hip. Now I am home, … Continue reading →

You must get out in the garden early in the morning, even in the mountains!

When I purchased my property in 2013, I immediately began identifying the exotic invasive species that had basically taken over everywhere. The bittersweet, multiflora rose, and poison ivy were daunting but I had decided to manually remove them so that … Continue reading →

We have had a very hot and dry May, so many blooms are fading quickly. A morning walk with dew on the flowers is always a special time to me. Get out there before the heat and thunderstorms build.

Hiking to Wildcat Rock, the mountainside was covered in those precious spring ephemerals that will soon be gone. Get out and enjoy the rebirth after “wintering.”

3.5 miles of the most abundant spring ephemerals I have ever encountered! I will be returning for several weeks to watch it unfold.