Here is the 2011 seed order list: Broccoli “Early Purple Sprouting”Cucumber “Solly Beiler”Cucumber “Marketmore”Huckleberry “Chichiquelite”Ground CherryKale “Blue Curled Scotch”Leek “Giant…
Eating meat from the garden
Wendell Berry famously wrote that “eating is an agricultural act.” Once you begin to think of food as the product…
White on White
A heavy snow fell yesterday. Perfect for sledding, for coating fence rails just so, for catching on a small boy’s tongue. …
Political Seeds
It is time to order the seeds. I usually love looking through the catalogs, marking every single page with yellow…
The Meaning of Life
Seeds. Doesn’t it all come down to that? We dress up the meaning of life with our human values – love,…
Staying in Eden
I imagine Adam and Eve left Eden in the late spring, which must have made it harder. Leaving a garden…
If it is too cold to dig…
Build stuff. I don’t remember how old I was when my dad first started teaching me how to build stuff. …
A Solemn Vow, in Front of Witnesses
I was given some cash for Christmas, and with it I bought my heart’s desire (or at least one of…
The Consolations of Winter
We have woken up to snow three mornings in a row, and the ground is frozen solid. But there are…
Sleepless in Suburbia
I don’t sleep well anymore. It could be the child, or the age, or the lack of exercise, but whatever mix…
A Gardener's Lot 