Earthly Creations

10/14/2026

10/12/2026

I want to grow older remembering the trees around me. To notice when their leaves begin to turn, to recognise the birds by their songs, to keep making room in my life for a walk that serves no purpose beyond being there.

The woods have been part of all versions of my life. And through everything that has changed, I still love the feeling of stepping off the road and wandering onto a forest path.

Do you have a place in nature you keep returning to?

10/09/2026

Thank you for your Succelent pumpkin orders, Happy Thanks Giving. 🦃
I have been creating these evert October for 10+ years and enjoy making these pretty pumpkins so much!🍂🍂🎃🎃

10/05/2026

The tidiest yard on the street is often the emptiest one by January.

Four fall cleanup habits do most of the damage. Each one has a swap that takes less work, not more.

🌾 1. Leave the seed heads standing

Dried coneflower, black-eyed Susan, and sunflower heads are a free feeder from now until spring.

Goldfinches strip the cones through the cold months, and chickadees lean harder on seed once the insects are gone.

Cut the stalks in early spring instead. Pull only what looks diseased.

🐝 2. Keep a few patches of bare soil

Most native bees nest in the ground, and the next generation spends winter in tunnels below the surface.

A thick mulch layer blocks them from digging in and can trap the ones trying to climb out in spring.

Leave some well-drained spots open — behind the shed, between shrubs, along a path. Where you want cover, shredded leaves are a lighter blanket they can push through.

🪵 3. Build the brush pile instead of hauling it

A loose pile of branches, open at the bottom and dense on top, gives rabbits, juncos, toads, and salamanders a place to ride out storms and hawks.

Site it well away from the house. That keeps the mice in the pile and out of your basement, and keeps the fire marshal happy.

🍂 4. Move the leaves, don't bag them

Luna moths overwinter in cocoons wrapped in fallen leaves. Bumble bee queens tuck in just under the leaf layer.

Rake leaves whole off the lawn and into beds and under shrubs, where they work as free mulch. Mulch-mow only what's left on the grass so the turf can breathe.

A little mess in October is a working habitat by January. 🌿

09/21/2026

When you start seeing your yard as a habitat instead of just a lawn, everything changes. 🍂