Susan Troccolo

For Every Thing There is a Season….Blogcation!

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  To Everything There is a Season…and a time to every Purpose: BLOGCATION!   Greetings to all in the New Year. Hopefully you had a peaceful and happy holiday with those you love best. It was great hearing from so many of you. Many thanks to Ginnie for this “Squash … [Read more...]

Would you know a cocoon?

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  Once in my twenties, I taped a cocoon to the door of my refrigerator. I didn’t know it was a cocoon. I was out walking along a stream bed and came across something that looked like a dried leaf or a seedpod with a long silky string attached to one end.  I picked it up … [Read more...]

Bouquet to Remember

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I’m not the same moved person who moved here to Portland. I’ve never loved a home as much as this and the reasons are not entirely about the home itself. It is the garden. It is the commitment to our neighbors, it is the pleasure I find in the birds and animals who make their … [Read more...]

Sustainable Farming: Elissa’s Place

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  Animals are not brethren They are not underlings. They are other nations Caught like ourselves In this web of life and time. ~On a Northern Farm by Henry Beston Our family has always had herding breeds. We love their intelligence, devotion to their people, and their … [Read more...]