Tag Archives: green

Green Explosion

Posted on July 23, 2011 by literarylee

Mid-July, 2011 Smith gives me joy right now.  Plants explode from its surface for many reasons.  We’ve had a few good soaking rains over the last days, always excellent.  One good rain is better than two or three manual waterings.  … Continue reading →

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My Piece of the Potomac

Posted on May 19, 2011 by literarylee

I get a glimpse of the River from the bus stop I wait at Monday through Friday mornings, a view framed by two, ten story brick apartment buildings.  We lived in a 400 square foot efficiency in the building on the left, … Continue reading →

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Posted on April 10, 2011 by literarylee

by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing … Continue reading →

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The Healing Green of Sprouts Under Lights

Posted on April 1, 2011 by literarylee

March 13, 2010 I moved the lights up one link in the chain that suspends it over the beautiful, green, increasingly lush young plants.  Twelve one inch high smokey green cabbage plants stand on the far right side.  Each plant’s … Continue reading →

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