Grow

“Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.” – Henry David Thoreau Here is…

The creature at your feet dismissed as a bug or a weed is a creation in itself. It has a name, a million-year history,…

In the spring of 2014 we took a second trip to Joshua Tree, California. We had gone on a much larger desert road trip…

Some would say there is too much going on here. That it lacks cohesiveness. But when I pass by this now empty stretch of…

“Welcome back, friends.” Lately, these words keep popping up in my mind as I slowly walk the garden looking for signs of growth and…

Small, but meaningful shifts are taking place in the garden. Over the weekend (April 13), I made my first, small leafy greens harvest of…

On this day, June 26, 2015, I climbed a tree. I was out in the neighbourhood with friends, foraging cherries from a favourite spot…

It’s been hot here and difficult to get into the garden during the daytime, so in the interim, I’ve been repotting, refreshing, and propagating…

Several creatures dropped into my bowl as I was harvesting black currants last night. First a jumping spider. Then, soon after, this bumble bee.…

I spotted this gorgeous, burgundy and olive-leaved bromeliad, Neoregelia ‘Fireball’* is my best guess since there was no tag, while walking out of a…