Little Faces, Green Hands

“Queer things happen in the garden in May.  Little faces forgotten appear, and plants thought to be dead suddenly wave a green hand to confound

31 Days of A Sense of Place :: Day 7 ~ The Vital Edge

Welcome to Day 7 of 31 Days of A Sense of Place. * Yesterday’s entry included some words about liminal space, thresholds between spaces. The

Of micro-weeding, stick cutting, weed mimicry, and willow salvaging

“Most folks probably think that gardens only get tended when they’re blooming. But most folks would be wrong.” ― Shannon Wiersbitzky, What Flowers Remember *

Wondering What On Earth Happened

What continues to astonish me about a garden is that you can walk past it in a hurry, see something wrong, stop to set it

black-throated green warbler in 'Tina' crabapple, 31 Aug 2014

Reading The New American Landscape

My permaculture group is finishing our reading and discussion of The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening (2011), ed. by

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