When the fog and the frost roll in and the snow crunches underfoot and the air nips at the fingers and the toes freeze in the boots, it’s time to go pruning […]
Walking in the Snow
Tomatoes for Christmas?
Commercial tomato field. December 5. Tomatoes from my garden. December 5. Joy! (Note: I picked these tomatoes on Hallowe’en.)
Beautiful Green Apples from Russia
You can see why Adam just had to bite. Transparents, Second Picking (in my milk pail) The greatest contribution of Russia to world civilization. The name comes from the transparent skin, […]
The Non-Wage Economy and Creativity
I spoke about the non-wage economy yesterday, and how it operated by trading work for the opportunity to do more work, rather than cashing out on work produced. Such an economy draws […]
The Non Wage Economy
I pruned the apple trees … … and the cherry trees …The work was joyous. I did it in between stints as writer in residence at the library. Morning: pruning; afternoon: editing. […]
It’s Good to Have Visitors
Large … … and small. I planted these flowers a year ago, to remember ones I had thirty years before that, and to keep that time alive, and the link, through […]
Welcome, Sun!
Yellow Cabbage White in the Forsythia My Father-in-Law Gave me 3 Years Ago Thanks, Corky!
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 […]
The Joy of Asparagus
Today, a story of joy, for Christmas Eve. Today, asparagus. The asparagus that gets sliced off underground in Northern Europe and eaten with yellow potatoes, salt ham and hollandaise sauce (or with […]
Christmas Tomatoes
They’re not the biggest, they’re not the reddest, but they sure are the juiciest and most flavourful. Welcome to the last of the summer’s crop, in their place of honour in the […]
