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 […]
Gardening and Water in The Time of Covid-19
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 […]
Vacuum Cleaner Beans: An Experiment in Early Planting
I planted my purple royalty beans in early April, as they don’t too much mind cold soil. This makes the pillbug and slugs happy. So I plant a few extra, to survive […]
Catching the Rain
Imagine, catching the rain. I’ve spent a year getting ready to do just that. Over the last month, my system of downpipes, pipes, siphons (to go uphill, yay, very important) and barrels […]
An Agricultural Wasteland in the Okanagan
Here’s an example of how much land is used for machines and how little for growing food. High Density Apple Orchard in Bella Vista I’d say that was about 75% for tractors, […]
An Apple Tree on Her Own Roots
A Jonagold is a lovely apple that is hard to grow due to is extreme vigour. Due to an extra set of chromosomes, everything about them is big: big apples, big juicy […]
Back to the Drawing Board for the Four-Day Work Week
Today, the Canadian National Broadcaster, which maintains transmission facilities for its citizens in Cascadia, aired a call-in show about the pros and cons (well, pros) of a 4-day work week. You can […]
Predation, Cottonwoods and Your Friendly Neighbourhood AI
These cottonwood leaves are opening well. They aren’t new. Yes, opening, not “growing.” They were present all winter, tightly folded inside shells held up on limbs. There has been no break in […]
Okanagan Okanogan 