Roses that grow in the open… … are easy enough to walk around and harvest, for humans, deer and late winter birds. It’s when they grow inside a thicket, planted there by […]
The Rose is a Powerful Teacher
Harold Rhenisch
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Early Ripening Siya? Berries
The siya? berries are swelling. And here, on June 2, some are red. Amazing. This is a July crop here.
The Wrong Grass
When they’re happy, they climb the grass. When worried, they go back down. This is slow motion life. Try it again. Up. Down. I can’t help but think that a native grass […]
Organic Aphid Control in the Plum Orchard
Simple. Just wait. Problem solved.
To Reclaim Land Start With the Flowers
Cheatgrass is everywhere. Almost. Where cheatgrass doesn’t get a hold, flowers grow. Many flowers. Many many flowers. Note that there is little gras of any kind. This is the Earth reclaiming a […]
Orach, the Garden Queen
She is red and beautiful and produces a spinach-like crop (very tasty) all summer long. She is the queen. Ready for a second picking! Just don’t tell the garlic that. A […]
Gardening and Water in The Time of Covid-19
Clouds and rain are not what they seem in a climate that is able to vacuum it up into the sky as quickly as it falls! Everyone’s giving gardening a whirl these […]
The Hand is Getting Along Fine On Its Own
There’s an energy wave that we see as landscape. Here’s my bit. Let me suggest that this is not a native landscape but a created one. Nature, let’s call it. A native […]
Pollination is Dangerous
Watch out, out there! Crab Spider Using a Balsam Root to Do Its Work (Beats chasing around. Note: the bees will not agree.)
The Beautiful Creatures Who Put Up With Us
This poplar is inspiring. It’s hard to say which is more beautiful, her young bark or her old bark. To be young and old at the same time, that’s not a human […]
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