Grandma Weavre's Garden

08/20/2025

Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Host Sixth Annual Native Tree and Shrub Events to Promote Healthy Watersheds. Now accepting orders!

08/19/2025

The tupelos are promising such an abundant harvest this season - I'm looking forward to this bounty!

08/14/2025

Excellent news!

Additional information: https://www.natlands.org/news/bear-creek-preserve-expands-by-53-acres

08/06/2025

What a wonderful evening!

There's magic to be found in the Pennsylvania gamelands... 🩵

07/23/2025

Both West Nile Virus and the Jamestown Canyon Virus have been found in mosquitoes in Luzerne County.

Mosquitoes

07/22/2025

Possibly my favorite flower, if I had to name just one - though luckily I don't! Monotropa uniflora, in the same family (Ericaceae) as the blueberries and teaberries everyone loves, as our mountain laurels and sheep laurels, rhododendrons and so many more that are dear to my soul.

07/09/2025

Thank you, Jessica Letteer and the Wilkes-Barre Area Community Gardens, for a wonderful event this evening! It was so good to see you and catch up, too.

I don't have pictures from the permethrin event itself - this was afterwards - but there's apparently going to be something good to post by morning, I hope. Stay tuned... 🤣

05/24/2025

"The data suggests that, as we get older, we tend to become recluses. And that’s not good for healthy aging. And being in nature — I never would have thought that would be important for health. But the data are strong. If you can be outside moving around in nature with friends, that’s a twofer, a threefer."

How?

If you're not already outside in nature with friends, you can be. Just show up at the Wilkes-Barre Area Community Garden, join us for a Meditation on the Mountain or a skills workshop, or message me privately about other options. You'll literally be taking steps toward a longer, healthier life, no matter where you're starting.

And do some strength training, too, for your own health and to do more in the garden and the community. We're all in this together.

Wilkes-Barre Area Community Gardens

Cardiologist Eric Topol, 70, spent years researching healthy aging. Now, he lives by what he’s learned.

05/12/2025

A single oak can sustain more than 2,300 species, creating a vertical habitat teeming with moss, insects, fungi, birds, and mammals. Even a smaller ash tree supports around 1,000 life forms, forming a vibrant ecosystem from its roots to its canopy.

These trees also help prevent flooding, offer medicinal benefits, and connect communities across generations.

04/14/2025

They say the Bear was born not of the earth, but of the silence between thunder.
He did not speak often — not because he had nothing to say, but because his voice was meant for moments that mattered.

When storms broke trees and rivers forgot how to flow, the Bear did not run.
He stood still.
And in his stillness, the forest began to breathe again.

His fur holds the colors of autumn leaves, ancient clay, and forgotten fire.
His eyes reflect not the world outside, but the stories buried within you.

The elders say he carries the wisdom of those who walked before — not loud, not proud, but patient.
He teaches not with words, but with presence.
With weight.
With quiet knowing.

They call him Tawíya — The Silence That Carries Mountains.

He comes when you need to be reminded:
You don’t have to roar to be strong.
You don’t have to fight to be brave.
You just have to remember who you are — and stand there.

04/03/2025

Listening to the chatter of the eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis. It's a beautiful time of year.