Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

We'll save you a seat in Joe's Garden.  Help us celebrate the final days of summer at the Laramie County Democrats Grassroots C...

On or about Jan. 2, 2013, I began considering sodium. Didn't pay particular attention to it until my heart stopped functioning properl...

Sunday morning round-up.... A biplane circles the airport, which also brings it over my head as I sit here on the back porch. Don't se...

Looking for something to do this summer? You don't have to look very far. The Wyoming Arts Council and the Wyoming Humanities Counci...

The last Saturday in April. Windows thrown open. Breeze riffling curtains. I hear a lawnmower. This is transition season between the sou...

Not sure why, but old friends are finding me via my blog. Maybe my analytics are peaking after nine years on Blogger. My first couple years ...

This time last week, the snow fell and the wind blew. By the end of Sunday, my yard looked more like January than April. The day before, I...

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. That expression shows more wishful thinking than reality. In Wyoming, March comes in li...

Wyomingites know that spring is several different seasons in one. One day (Friday) can be 60 degrees with the scent of real or imagined wild...

From Wyoming Public Media: In collaboration with the University of Wyoming, a local food advocacy group conducted a study to find out just...

The Cheyenne Tuesday Farmers Market has a nifty web site that gives details about the farmers, handmade food purveyors and artisans that se...

Night Heron Books in downtown Laramie is now publicly growing some of its own food in a mini-greenhouse on the sidewalk in front of the s...

Sunday weekend wrap-up... My fellow WYO prog-blogger and author Rodger McDaniel will be a guest on MSNBC's morning show tomorrow. He...

I expect to harvest at least a double handful of tomatoes from my Victory Garden this summer. Feels good to be back in the garden lettin...

The Cheyenne Winter Farmers’ Market is held inside the sunny and cozy lobby of the Historic Train Depot Museum in downtown Cheyenne. It f...

Hummingbirdminds supports Rep. Sue Wallis's Food Freedom Act (from Wyoming Business Report ): This week, the Wyoming House of Repres...

The Cheyenne Winter Farmers Market is located inside the historic train depot the first Saturday of each month from November through April ...

I grew a few herbs last summer. Rosemary, basil, oregano. They grew in a pot next to my gas grill, handy for throwing into marinade or tossi...

Next Saturday is Small Business Saturday. It's an opportunity for all of us to avoid the Big Box Stores in favor of the Small Box Stor...

Saw this on Nancy Sindelar's excellent e-mail newsletter:  "Gardening: Cool Season Crops."  Grow crops for harvest in the h...