Taking Stock at the End of the Season
The light is changing as we slide into autumn. It pools, viscous and gold, on the leaves of the catalpa trees that have finally grown … Read more
The light is changing as we slide into autumn. It pools, viscous and gold, on the leaves of the catalpa trees that have finally grown … Read more
Well it’s nine days until the summer solstice so I thought I’d take a look around the garden and see what’s flourishing in this relatively … Read more
This week I’m sharing some photos from my garden and Butchart’s Gardens as spring starts to emerge. The cherry blossoms are ubiquitous at this time … Read more
Jessica J. Lee’s DISPERSALS is a tightly-written, necessary environmental history of plants from which we derive food and natural beauty.
Kerri ní Dochartaig’s new book, Cacophony of Bone, is an exploration of what it means to tie oneself to a place and experience it unreservedly over the course of a year.
The tree fruits are all ripening at once! Last week was a marathon apple processing day. Lots of goodies in the freezer for the winter.
Two weeks ago I read an article in our regional newspaper about the drought on Vancouver Island and I thought “drought, what drought?” It seemed … Read more
Celebrating the small things with mini garden stories.
This past week was a busy one for seeing new things in the garden.
The other day I was digging in the garden, turning over the cover crop in the raised beds and burying it under a layer of … Read more