Gardens and Goldens: A Weekend Update
Light clouds and cool temps this morning. A good day for moving dirt. I spent about six hours with Maria, my partner in crime, at the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden today, moving dirt to level the ruts...
View ArticleBringing Out The Best in Buster
As we tackled the blackberries last weekend we uncovered hidden treasure. To some, this represents a fun game of play; but to pups like Buster – something more worrying. Buster is one of a few dogs...
View ArticleA Good Day For Gardens and Goldens
Some days are too good to be true. First, it feels like the night before Christmas at the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden. Today we met to finish prepping for the path installation which is scheduled to...
View ArticleBreaking up is hard to do
Love is in the air – at home and in the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden. At home, Mourning Doves on a wire signal their return to the nest they use season after season. In the Memorial Garden, the...
View ArticleWe go to school
At Homeward Bound we rescue Golden Retrievers, golden mixes and the occasional gold dog masquerading as one or the other. But we serve dogs of all shapes, sizes and spots through our Golden Rule...
View ArticleShaping
When fellow gardener Maria is not showing off her magnificent sunflowers in the Memorial Garden, you will find her at home tending to her beautiful bonsai. Bonsai is the art of shaping a plant to find...
View ArticleFollow-up Friday: Rudy
No, that’s not a football play…or a six-legged dog! It’s Rudy. Being Rudy. Rudy came to us in December at the age of 10 months. His mom had to move back in with her mom, and Rudy – who had been a...
View ArticleBreaking Through Barriers
Grace and I have something in common. It’s called barrier frustration. My nemesis is the pushy tall Asters that have encroached upon their gentle neighbors. The thinning is endless. Grace’s issue is...
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