Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
essay: On rats: Finally! Tackling the biggest and scariest of all compost questions (Cass Marketos/TheRot). She actually loves rats, but not in the compost. Scroll down for good tips on proper compost-keeping to minimise the likelihood of rats, and bears. “The fact is, there is simply no way to guarantee that an outdoor compost pile will never attract an animal…. You will better serve your sanity if you can think of it as a relationship to manage versus a threat you are destined to fail at eliminating. In general, though, thoughtful pile management will always be your best defense.”
photo essay: Change in Season (Dan Pearson+Huw Morgan/ Dig Delve). Pretty late summer photos of a dreamy hillside garden in Bath, Somerset, in the west of England.
short essay: New England American-Asters: The Stars of Late Summer (Northern Woodlands). We’re talking about Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, which “begins blooming in August or September and continues to splash the meadows with deep purple color well into October, mixing with the bright yellow of goldenrod flowers.” They’re a favorite nectar plant for native bumble bees and migrating monarch butterflies and host larvae of some moths and butterflies, including the pearl crescent.
quick test: is my blue your blue? (Patrick Mineault).
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