Study in Jeffersonia Diphylla (Twinleaf)

Jeffersonia diphylla is “a somewhat uncommon spring woodland wildflower that is native from New York to Wisconsin south to Alabama and Virginia. It is usually

Book Notes: The Permaculture Handbook :: Chapter Seventeen

Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here’s Chapter Seventeen: Productive Trees and Where to Grow Them, a short chapter. Any misrepresentations of Bane’s

Book Notes: The Permaculture Handbook :: Chapter Sixteen

Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here’s Chapter Sixteen: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens. Any misrepresentations of Bane’s words or work

June Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

The garden is in full swing now, even though the first week of June was cold and rainy. 

The moments when we choose to play

I’ve posted three previous field trips to Bedrock Gardens in Lee, NH, a playful place that’s art gallery and collector garden combined —  The Most

Earth Garden IV: Zak Preserve (BRLT)

A photo series from a visit to another Boothbay Region Land Trust property, in Boothbay, Maine: The Zak Preserve (PDF).  It’s the largest of the