In the sandy Kaiserstuhl in Germany, where grapes are native and wine has been made since before the romans marched into town, wine growers have learned to use buckwheat to build up […]
Indigenous and Non Indigenous Grape Growing
The Day the Sky Came Down to Earth
The shallots I planted last July are blooming now, and replacing the lost nodding onions up on the hill. The sky has noticed. Welcome, Sky! These blue beauties were in the mariposa […]
We Are All Dressing in Our Finery Now and Waiting for the Feast
We are all just waiting now … … waiting… waiting…waiting… …turning around and waiting some more …… OK, sure, maybe getting a little impatient … … and thin … … maybe a […]
Robin Takes a Bath
First, the approach to the pool. Use your cautious, worm-stalking, one-spurt-at-a-time approach, cuz that’s what you got. Then the plunge. Nice! Don’t forget the ears. Rest. It’s important to rest. Catch your […]
Not Just Another Pretty Face
A lovely day for bumble bees. The beauty hangout today is the vetch on the hill. Pretty nice for an escapee from a hay bale! And of course, the queen of the […]
Outliers in a Web of Interwoven Worlds
The arrow-leafed balsam root is a great world for crab spiders, wasps, flies and bees, and blooms across the hills in the spring, one of the few native plants that can resist […]
What’s for Lunch Today? A Menu for the Deer in Your Life
Flowers for lunch? Not on your life. Grass maybe? Don’t be silly. A guy needs some sweet loving. Alfalfa, it is. Until Harold’s peppers are ready. Everyone knows that, right? ~ […]
How the World Reacts to a Human Lack of Peripheral Vision
So, since it’s kind of hard to get a handle on how a human thinks when one is a human thinking, which is like asking a vacuum cleaner how it sucks while […]
Enslaving the Earth Through Reading
A book is a portable device for storing and sharing information, using multiple screens viewed in sequence to lead its readers through narratives of time. If there is no narrative of time, […]
Habitat for Great Horned Owls
In Vernon, trees planted fifty years ago are getting to be old growth now. Perfect to settle into. There’s Mom in back. And here’s the nest that Robin built when he heard […]
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