Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
photo essay: A Quick Dip in the Bog: Reencountering familiar plants in an unfamiliar ecosystem (Boaz Frankel/Rootbound). Frankel visits the bog at Black Moshannon State Park in Philipsburg, PA, and notices pitcher plants, swamp dewberry, spatterdock, blueberries, huckleberries, and a small toad.
video: house tour: Open Home: Poh’s charming artistic abode (Domain/YouTube). 6-minute video. MasterChef Australia judge and painter Poh Ling Yeow’s home in Adelaide, Australia. Eclectic, artistic, colourful. Herby, fruity garden. Love the bathroom windows.
photo essay: Things About The Countryside That Make Me Angry, And Some Photographs I Have Taken Of Them (Tom Cox/The Villager). These “small horses in flared trousers … in the photograph above were actually just two of eleven I saw in a single afternoon, gorging on moorland water that was making its way down to the nearest city, where it could have been used for all sorts of useful things such as the pressure washing of bifold doors or removing unsightly mud from sports utility vehicles.” Humour but some of the photos are just magical.
essay: It’s Not You, It’s A Bad Year [for gardens] 🥵 Worst heat in history — what’s going on? (Lauren Dubinsky/Floricult). She’s in Winston-Salem, NC: “My headlines from around town:: Look At These Dinky Dahlias ● Spring Gardens Never Sprung ● Damn Look At All These Aphids ● 50/50 Chance of Hydrangeas ● LOL @ Grass ● Oh No The Ostrich Ferns ● Just Ignore Those Flower Pots ● Basil Is Brat.” Here in my part of New Hampshire, hydrangeas have been bursting with vibrancy, I’ve not see an aphid this year, and generally the growing season has been excellent for me and most of my plants (shrubs, perennials, annuals, and veggies) and for most folks I know nearby. But even in a good year, it’s interesting to observe gardens nearby for useful clues, inspiration, and context and it’s important to consider how to work with drought, flooding, high winds, extreme temperature and precipitation variability, etc.
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