Here are three women walking down a corridor between two deer fences. Plus a coyote, as I showed you a few weeks back. Today, a bigger view. The upper fence ostensibly protects […]
A Crowded World
A Celebration of Pollination
The coriander is beautiful today. Do you see the bee hiding there? Bees and wasps everywhere. People are asking, “Where are the bees and the wasps and the pollinators this year?” Here. […]
I Have a Quince to Give Away. Want one?
Want one? A rufuous hummingbird visited this one today, a few times. What a beaut he was.]. This could be your future, too! With thorns, yes, but with lumpy fruits and exquisite […]
Late Winter Magnolias
A little bit of snow, at 13 Below. Just another winter day in the Similkameen. Spring is on the way!
The Food Chief Calls
The first glimpse of summer’s berries is here. Siyaʔ, the Food Chief, is awake. She yawned a bit four days ago. Right here: And now, she’s stretching out into the sun. This […]
Time to Get Gardening
Don’t let that snow stop you. Gardening culture might be out of fashion in the Okanagan, but, hey. No need to give up too quickly. If you kick through that snow, you […]
Watering the Garden in Winter Makes Sense
Winter in the grassland is not a time of waiting. This is when the year is actively formed. To collect the water you will need in the spring, you need to start […]
The Art of Container Gardening in the Okanagan Valley
Sure, you can put up a container with cedar boards and stainless steel corner brackets, drip irrigation and compost made out of chipped trees and waste water treatment plant leftovers, but that’s […]
100 Years of Digging in the Earth
I bought the shovel on the left in 1981. It didn’t have a lot of a point then. I’ve been digging with it for 40 years now. By the rate of wear […]
Just Fix It, Already
There’s no need to recycle. Repair with goop. Be done. Yesterday’s dinner ( a big black fly) ripped the web, but, hey, it’s not worth throwing out yet, eh. Same story from […]
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