Forging Time Reflections, Recipes, and Gardening Pontifications

  • Forging Time to Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
    My pots of gold in our old backyard in Golden. In 2013, my husband and I moved into a home in Golden, CO with our 15-month-old. It was a half-ac...

  • Planning the January Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
    "The best gardener is the one who does the most gardening by the winter fire." ~ Liberty Hyde Bailey, Father of Modern Horticulture So it has ...

  • Reflecting on The December Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
      This was a beautiful December in Durango. I spent glorious time in the snow with my family hiking, skiing and hiking some more. We also made load...

  • Indoor Winter Herb Garden: Dill

    by Sarah Bialek
    It is cold enough outside now to be uninviting for garden chores, if not winter outdoor adventures; we took a glorious snowy walk on the Saturday...

  • Forcing Bulbs for the Winter: Ziva Paperwhites

    by Sarah Bialek
    Ziva Paperwhites in full bloom. I cut my early professional teeth in the classroom as a science teacher, a science experiment in its own right--...

  • Planning the December Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
    Saffron Crocus poking through the first snow. After teasing us all week with dark skies and drizzle, our first snow arrived this morning. This i...

  • Reflecting on the November Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
     ** Hey folks, there are a few affiliate links in this post. Affiliate links just mean that if you click the link and buy a product, I get a small ...

  • Forging Time for Joy

    by Sarah Bialek
    In addition to our year-round gardening posts, there will be incremental posts about the ways in which we have forged time (to form or bring into ...
    Posted in camping, community, family, forging time, making time, moab, mountain biking, mountain biking with kids, thanksgiving

  • Forcing Bulbs: Saffron Crocus Two Ways

    by Sarah Bialek
           About twelve-and-a-half years ago, my life became inextricably linked to a Swede, my husband, who grew up half-time in Stockholm and hal...

  • Planning for the November Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
     ** Hey folks, this is my first blog post with a few affiliate links. Affiliate links just mean that if you click the link and buy a product, I get...
    Posted in Garden, making time, November Garden, November Garden Chores, November Garden to do list, year-round gardening

  • Reflecting on the October Garden

    by Sarah Bialek
    The October list was long with some heavy lifting, however, I had help with moving the rocks from the neighborhood kids. I let them build a "moun...
    Posted in Garden, making time, October garden, October garden chores, October garden to do list, year-round gardening

  • Forcing Bulbs for the Winter: Amaryllis

    by Sarah Bialek
      My mom generously gifted me two amaryllis growing kits this past weekend. These will be the first in a series of bulbs I plan to "force" over th...