As soon as the tulips begin to bloom in Central Park, I’m almost guaranteed to receive a text message inviting me to a baseball game. The feverish springtime desire for baseball is contagious: team jerseys and baseball caps abound, Major League Baseball (MLB) statistics get thrown around in everyday conversation and Instagram feeds are rife... The post Enthusiasm for Baseball is Infectious appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
Springtime causes an uptick in pollen in the air, which makes it a difficult time to be outside for those who have seasonal allergies. The post Allergy Season Springs Upon Us appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
While I always anticipate the arrival of the warm days of summer, the crisp air of autumn, and slow winter nights, spring is admittedly a season I get excited over. Perhaps this is because living in Southern California, our winters are too mild to get tired of and wish away. Most things stay green here […] The post 5 Ways to Welcome Spring’s Arrival first appeared on Bella Grace Magazine.| Bella Grace Magazine
Wintertime, the down time for a vegetable farmer without a greenhouse, finds me in the forest repairing barbed-wire fences. While there, I meander off with my trusty loppers and cut poison ivy vines at the base of the trees they are snaking up. The revelation that this obnoxious plant did not thrive as a woodland plant unless its leaves have access to sunshine surprised me. I happily relieve our forests of this rash-producing pest by simply snipping it off at ground level while taking a walk ...| The Barefoot Farmer