Juniper Juice

The temperature is really starting to dip, and I’m still hearing forecasts of snow so spring is still a bit further down the road. The...

The first few days of LEnt have gone well. We had a bit of a fool’s spring, some mild days and a carpet of crocuses and snowdrops...

After a gorgeous week, a haar rolled in. And then we woke up to a dusting of snow on Thursday. We had a good run of it! We are very...

We have almost passed the ‘danger of frost’ my seed packets warn me about. It is still a thick coat in the morning, short sleeves in the...

Buds are on the trees, the leaves are almost here. We had a few days of wonderful sunshine, but it turned to a miserable gray drizzle by...

March is marching along. I’m so ready for blooms, and some warmth, though it never really feels like the warmth settles in in Scotland....

We are about a month out from the Lenten season! This year we are doing much the same for Lent as we did last year, by adhering to a...

So it hasn’t felt much like summer here in Scotland in nearly a month. Today I woke up and there was a thick mist blanketing the city,...

I have had an interest in plants and gardening since I can remember. I was always begging my mom to let me start a vegetable patch in the...

Spring is my least favorite season. I don’t hate it by any means, but the anticipation of some warmth and the return of life to the world...

The pandemic has been undeniably hard. Winter is hard. Especially after the glitter and festivity of Christmas, at least for me is even...