The expanding social competition among vintners to be super-elite seems to be at blame. This will be one of the few balsam roots you’ll see this year above Okanagan Landing, some 5,000 […]
It’s Either Wine or Sunflowers, Eh
The Gift Culture of the Grasslands
Flax is beautiful. The seeds grow heavy and lower the seed to the ground. Mice eat the seed there. And then it lifts up again, through the snow! These aren’t seeds that […]
Rototilling 101
First, plant some flowers. Watch them grow. Nice, eh! Bees will burrow into the soil and lay their eggs. Nicer yet! Voles will come and root around, as voles will do. By […]
Sunflower Diplomacy, Human Bargaining
If you call… … they will come. Lunch Time But wait! Humans have a role to play here. These sunflowers originated with a charity giving them away in search of support. The […]
Night, Night, Sweet Ladies!
See you outside again in May! Brand new shelves. For scale, the big cubicle is four feet wide and five feet tall. The top pot on the left weighs around 90 pounds. […]
Of Memory and Resilience
Tbese webs are woven, and then rebuilt again and again after being torn by prey. They are then built on the old pattern, and become thick. This is what memory looks like, […]
Flowers Holding Flowers Up and Making a Festival Tent for the Birds
Today, a little story about what flowers are up to when I’m not watching. I thought I’d plant some cosmos, in memory of ones I had in a big garden under a […]
Rain Collection Technology Revisited
To catch the rain, you don’t need a bucket, a plate, a cup, or any other receptacle at all. As Horsetail teaches, spikes will do, rough spikes that provide enough surface that […]
Random Bug Control
This is an example of the “if it comes out of the ground, who am I to say it doesn’t belong there” style of gardening. Tomatoes hate this approach, but, as you […]
I’m Glad I Never Called Myself a Garden Expert, Whew
For an up-close peek at the inner workings of Canadian culture, have a look at what the Rona Hardware store is offering children to buy their Dads for Father’s Day. I chose […]
