July in Redding - The Dog Days of Summer

"A garden is a friend you can visit anytime."

Marigold seeds planted in early summer are now in bloom.




"Earth laughs in flower."




This old tree seems to thrive with the wild flowers in its bed.




Our Dwarf Apple Tree's first fruit. Four apples, and the birds seem to be enjoying two of them! The lavender is also in bloom below. "As Rosemary is to the spirit, so Lavender is to the soul."





The Recovery Garden freshly mowed and looking beautiful!





Picnic tables waiting for a picnic lunch!


Our garden is in survival mode, and soon we will refresh the annuals.


Below is a Water Blessing from Dr. Masura Emoto for the healing of our collectively beloved Gulf Coast waters. Dr. Emoto has done extensive research on how water molecules respond to emotion and positive affirmations. Many friends of the Earth are participating in this healing prayer.

"I send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings.

To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, plankton, coral, algae, and all living creatures -

I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you."

We are not powerless. We are powerful. Our united energy, speaking this prayer daily...multiple times daily...can literally shift the balance of destruction that is happening.

We don't have to know how...we just have to recognize that the power of love is greater than any power active in the universe today. Please join us in oft repeating this healing prayer.



This month, we also share some garden wisdom and folklore from the Farmer's Almanac. A few whimsical garden quotes are included for your enjoyment.

Ne'er trust a July sky.

If ant hills are high in July, the coming winter will be hard.

As July, so next January.

The old-age practice of performing farm chores by the Moon stems from the simple belief that the Moon governs moisture.

Pliny the Elder, the first-century Roman naturalist, stated in his Natural History that the Moon "replenishes the earth; when she approaches it, she fills all bodies, while, when she recedes, she empties them."