Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, art, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
essay with photos: A Family of Gardeners Shares 45 Years Worth of Lessons From Nurturing Their Oregon Backyard — And get ready to say goodbye (Nick Spain + Justin Chung/Domino) “The beauty is in the chaos. My childhood garden had edgeless drifts of annuals and perennials, mixed with an odd shaped rock koi pond and a giant rhubarb dangling over the water. … There was an ongoing cycle of life and death, creating perpetual chaotic beauty.” And, also relatable: “I am always in love with Zone 9 and Australian plants and try desperately to grow them here.”
course: Seaglass Quilting (Allie McCathren/Exhausted Octopus) I’m not a quilter and won’t be taking this $45 course but gosh these seaglass quilts are gorgeous. And it would be fun to choose the pieces. (Allie is an artist with a degree in marine biology.)
field guide to May 2025 (Vermont Center for EcoStudies) Featuring early flowering trees and bees, blackpoll warblers, and three kinds of tree pathogens.
essay: On the aura of Ruth Stout & not sifting my compost: A mini-manifesto on why I don’t actually think you need to do it (Cass Marketos/The Rot) In short, leave the woody bits (wood chips, twigs, and the like) but not the undigested vegetative bits.
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