Garden Ethic? I planted tomato and pepper seeds yesterday and put them out in the cold frame on heat mats to germinate. I have a little greenhouse space, but, um, I’…
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The Secret Friend ... Hello people of the internets — just a little note to say that I’m finally writing again, I’m even sending things out — anyone who knows me knows that …
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It wasn't luck ... I had a bunch of new project meetings this week, which inevitably lead to that sentence I hear all the time. Montana?! Oh! You’re so lucky to live ther…
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Who is it for?Last night we were awakened by something barking outside the cabin. Barking for a long time. I think it was a fox — Himself isn’t so sure. He thinks it…
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On Making ThingsI’ve been thinking a lot about making things. That I have not managed to publish a book in the 20 years since Place Last Seen came out, is an ongoing s…
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Mucking Out...I was talking to my Beloved Stepmother on Christmas Day while watering the plants (oh! How I miss real phones, the kind you can pin to your ear with yo…
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The Cat Came Back ... Wednesday about mid-day, I got a call from a number I didn’t recognize. It was the animal shelter. Someone had turned in my black, one-eared cat who we…
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Dreaming in the DarkI spend a lot of time thinking about home. My driving ambition all through my 20s and 30s was to find a way to buy a house. Not just any house, but a h…
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What Does a Garden Mean?I’ve spent much of the pandemic on a kind of crash course of garden design. It started when I went down the rabbit hole of Monty Don garden series vide…
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Thanksgiving At the End of the EmpireI made a cheeky Twitter post the other day about Thanksgiving being the worst of all the holidays, and hoo boy! Someone with a huge following chimed in…
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And let's not forget the scat ... The wild is not only full of bones, but it’s full of shit. Or to be polite, scat While we were waiting for the election results, Himself suggested taki…
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The Wild is Full of BonesHank has been carrying this elk bone around on our morning walk most of the week. He’ll hide it, then find it again, then hide it someplace else. It’s …
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