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. […]
On the Hunt for Wild Asparagus
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 […]
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 […]
Industrial Agriculture is Unethical
Earth, or machine. One increases diversity. One reduces it. Or is it so? When the Syilx managed these grasslands with fire and selective harvesting methods, they increased species diversity. The species-rich landscape that the […]
Badgers: Gardeners of the Sun
The balsam roots are tossing in the wind.This grassland is on a hill because it is created by hills. Wind and water never stop moving there, powered by the turning of the […]
Oh To Be a Heron in the Springtime
The Okanagan hosts the world’s only urban heron rookery. Things are full of action there at the moment. The Rookery, Vernon The rookery, however, is on private land, surrounded by tire dealerships, […]
Sagebrush Buttercup in Its Natural Environment
Sagebrush buttercup, the first of the grassland wildflowers is blooming in the US Okanogan, and up into Canada, on the south slopes, on sandy hills south of the big lakes. Note the […]
The Urban Planning Paradox
Without planning, there is chaos. Goose and Gull Chaos Oh, wait, maybe it’s with planning that there’s chaos. Okanagan Paradise A park bench, a valley view, and the grassland hill behind. Might it be […]
Beautiful Lines
Some things are just beautiful, that’s all. Abandoned Orchard with Machinery and Deer Tracks and Prop Pile Such life! Note: A prop is a support for an over-loaded fruit tree branch — […]
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