Obsessed Midwest Danniel

House Rules

Disclaimer and Plea This information on this site is not intended to treat any condition or disorder, including but not limited to obsessive gardening, addicted conifer syndrome, or spring fever. The contents and information on this site are for plant hardiness zone 5A, but if you live outside of that zone, you can mouth offContinue reading “House Rules”

Wwoof USA

Cultural Exchange When all of our children were living at home we enjoyed the cultural exchange that came from hosting foreign exchange students with AFS and YFU. Nine young people spent at least a week, but most spent a school year, living as part of our family. It was fun and interesting to welcome theseContinue reading “Wwoof USA”

My plan to grow older without getting old.

Eat mostly vegetables Squat Tend a garden (or many gardens!) Dance Control the thought waves of the mind Play Read Travel Forgive Sleep Retell old stories in new, better ways Walk Yoga asana

Obsessed Midwest Gardener

This was the introduction to my old gardening blog: Do you yell at people to “stay on the paths!” when they go outside in your yard? Do know more plant names than you do people’s names? Do you know what climate zone you live in? Yup? Here is the deal: If you think you areContinue reading “Obsessed Midwest Gardener”

Try again?

I’ve kept gardening blogs, parenting blogs, secret blogs, work blogs, food blogs–then I abandoned them all when my life was turned upside down. Then Russian trolls took them over. So here is the everything blog.