I’m Diggin’ Friday: Growing Garlic and Greens
Garlic has an honored place in the barefoot garden. It’s planted in mid-fall, when all the hard work and harvesting is done, and the weather is comfortable and cool. It isn’t fussy and requires little...
View ArticleI’m Diggin Friday: Strawberry Patch Play-By-Play
I’m digging this Friday. Literally. I started a post early this morning, but took a break to work in the garden before it got too hot. It’s been in the upper nineties all week, with record-breaking...
View ArticleWonderful Waterful Wednesday: Celebrating Selkies and Seals
This week’s Wonderful Waterful Wednesday post goes out to Virginia Kantra, in honor of the release of “Forgotten Sea” the latest in her Children of the Sea romance series. Virginia’s stories feature...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: Digging Potatoes, Multiplying Tomatoes and a Devilish...
Digging potatoes: purple, red and gold The first potato harvest came up this week! I didn’t intend to dig them up, although there were signs some of the plants were ready (past flowering and starting...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: Feral Dill and Other Essential Herbs
Barefoot gardening is all about making life easy. What could be easier than plants that plant themselves – or stick around year after year with little to no help from yours truly? Annual herbs fall...
View ArticleWonderful Waterful Wednesday: James Cameron and Enric Sala Named National...
Welcome to Wonderful Waterful Wednesday, a weekly post at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores everything fabulous and fascinating about the oceans and waterways that cover our Blue Planet....
View ArticleI’m Diggin Friday: Squash Happens (a lot!)
Welcome to I’m Diggin’ Friday, a weekly feature here at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores the ins and outs of Barefoot Gardening, a fun, family-friendly, low-stress way to grow fresh...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: We’re Growing Steady
Welcome to I’m Diggin’ Friday, a weekly feature here at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores the ins and outs of Barefoot Gardening, a fun, family-friendly, low-stress way to grow fresh...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: Wilting and the Seventh-Month Slump
Welcome to I’m Diggin’ Friday, a weekly feature here at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores the ins and outs of Barefoot Gardening, a fun, family-friendly, low-stress way to grow fresh...
View ArticleGet in the Garden, Already!
Happy Spring! Last week, we celebrated the vernal or spring equinox, when the Earth leans neither towards (summer) nor away (winter) from the sun. On that day, the hours of daylight and darkness were...
View ArticleWednesday Wet & Wild: Dolphins & Sea Lions Go to War
Welcome to Wednesdays Wet & Wild (formerly Wonderful Waterful Wednesdays), a weekly post at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores everything fabulous and fascinating about the sea, surf,...
View ArticleMissing Mom
Thanksgiving 2005. Mom with my son Rafi (standing) and my newphew Isaac. She died four weeks later. My mother Davida would have been 70 years old today. She died at 64. I can never hear that Beatles...
View ArticleHidden Baja Undersea Park Is the World’s Most Robust Marine Reserve
Hidden Baja undersea park is the world’s most robust marine reserve. Once depleted by fishing, Cabo Pulmo now boasts a healthy mix of wildlife. (Credit: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza/iLCP) ScienceDaily...
View ArticleA Round of Words in 80 Days: A Writing Journey
Where Can Writing Take You…? Someone on Twitter was fab enough to point me towards this amazing 80-day challenge. As my husband can attest, I’ve very goal-oriented, and respond better to external...
View ArticleA Round of Words in 80 Days: Swinging Through Week One
It’s the end of week one of a Round of Words in 80 Days and the beginning of a three-month long journey to turn writing goals into long-term habits. I discussed my goals for this round in this post....
View ArticleTaking My Muse on a Date: Round of Words Weekly Check-in
Week Two of a Round of Words in 80 Days, or #ROW80 for those of us who spend waaay too much time on Twitter. It’s been a good week. Among my goals for ROW80 is to work through Julia Cameron’s...
View ArticleIt’s Alright By Me
Short check-in today because I was up until midnight last night finishing my synopsis and plan to spend tonight away from the computer. Writing is going well – I came up with a new story, pitched it...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: Digging Potatoes, Multiplying Tomatoes and a Devilish...
Digging potatoes: purple, red and gold The first potato harvest came up this week! I didn’t intend to dig them up, although there were signs some of the plants were ready (past flowering and starting...
View ArticleI’m Diggin’ Friday: Feral Dill and Other Essential Herbs
Barefoot gardening is all about making life easy. What could be easier than plants that plant themselves – or stick around year after year with little to no help from yours truly? Annual herbs fall...
View ArticleWonderful Waterful Wednesday: James Cameron and Enric Sala Named National...
Welcome to Wonderful Waterful Wednesday, a weekly post at Danielle Meitiv’s Barefoot Blog that explores everything fabulous and fascinating about the oceans and waterways that cover our Blue Planet....
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