What you plant is part of an interspecies conversation between plants and plants and plants and people. At the same time that the saskatoons are subtly blooming on the hills, the magnolias […]
Harold Rhenisch
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In Praise of Saskatoon Blossoms
The hills are bright with saskatoons. Isn’t that fine! They have the scent of pear blossoms. If you haven’t smelled pear blossoms lately, well, they smell like fresh cream and wildflower […]
On the Hunt for Wild Asparagus
Hunting for wild asparagus. Down below the old canal. In the place between orchards and sagebrush. Time to pick asparagus for a woman whose husband used to drive her up there. […]
Worms at Work
For an invasive species, earthworms are pretty cool. “Earthworms make soil,” people say. Hmmm. “Humans make art,” people say. “People,” people say, “are going somewhere.” Ah, are those tire tracks in the […]
People are Blind
Here’s a local orchard advertising down home goodness.Note the weed-killing. (One year ago this was an indigenous grassland.) Literacy is powerful. I think people want to be deceived.
Weedkillers as Art
Exhibit 1: the Wealthy Man’s SculptureNo one knows what those metal bits on the top are. Intriguingly, poisoned plants around its base are considered a good way to sell building lots worth up […]
What if Newton Moved Here and Met a Rainbow Face to Face?
Rainbow with a starling. Rainbow with trees. And what would Newton see? God. Mind you, he’d miss the bird and the tree. Oops. Isaac, a human body looks at a rainbow. That’s the point. […]
Speaking the Language of the Birds
Raven and the moon … An Old Story The reason that people could once read the language of the birds to tell the future is that if you are a place you […]
The Secret to Contemporary Landscape Design Success
It’s about imagining what might be there, behind the anti-deer netting. Why Bother? I dunno. Check out the beautiful ground cover, too. If you’re wondering what that stuff is, apart from the […]
A Simple Moment Alone with the Earth
The old version: Spring is the season in which plants grow. They make use of a series of adaptations to regulate their growth to a period of year with the combination of […]
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