This is about as dense as they get. It’s beautiful, but why? What does this do? Or, what limitation creates it?
The Mystery of Sagebrush Buttercups
Thanks, Willow
The bees that will pollinate the Nootka rose in the background here can only do so because of the willow in the foreground. Every year is a journey that starts with willow […]
What is Grass For?
The way we look at grass says a lot about our world. For instance, from a cattleman’s perspective, the bunchgrass below is something to graze. From a longer perspective, it is something […]
Gardens for the Grand Kids: an Organic Model for Slow Release Fertilizer in a Post-Petroleum World
Compost requires labour and tillage. In other words, it is a renewable input. It is one that mimics natural processes, or interjects materials into them. I guess it is a bit like […]
Winter is Life not Death
Really. Really. These are effects created by winter heating, freezing and melting. In other words, the nutrients released by lichens in late winter are created by stones heating in the winter cold, […]
The Right Angle for Rocks: Building Resilience
Note how the two stones below differ. The one in the foreground is rich with lichen, and producing nutrients for life at its base. The one above it, in the upper left […]
Colonial and Non-colonial Water
As we work to free ourselves from the constrictions placed on the Earth by colonial understandings and allow it to come to life again, it’s good to remember that the very concept […]
Cheatgrass Control Team at Work
Global Warming? Old news here. Apparently, though, global warming is palatable in the first few days after the snow leaves it. We’re talking about cheat grass, the green haze riding over the […]
Is it the Spirit of a Tree? Are We Snow?
So, does this photo show the spirit of a Russian olive? Or this? Or this, maybe? Or this, even? A little camera movement in poor light does the trick. Well, none of […]
Solar Water Storage and Capture
Up on the hill, where it is cold, there is snow. There are also rocks, which heat in the sun. The hot rocks melt the snow, making lakes of ice, and then […]
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