(See Part 1 before reading Part 2) The old woman paused before speaking. During that brief pause, I looked past her sitting across from me at the table in the sun room and out to my own garden. …
The Old Woman At The Door: Part 1
I was somewhat startled when I heard the doorbell ring and was tempted to ignore it. I wasn’t expecting anyone, which meant it was probably someone who was going to invite me to their church or tell …
Timing is Everything: A Reader Visits
Anemone blanda 'White Splendor' Timing, they say, is everything. In life, in the garden, in taking pictures, and in sharing information. When I found out earlier this week that some information I …
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Gardening on Paper
Finally, I have a drawing of the basic shape of the vegetable garden so I can figure out how I want to lay out the raised beds. The drawing not only reveals the isosceles trapezoid shape of the …
The Geometry of the Vegetable Garden
Harvest from the vegetable garden A few answers to some questions about my vegetable garden. How big is it? Follow along and I’ll tell you how big it is. For those who studied geometry “some time …
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Clean Slate Garden
The potter has her lump of clay. The sculptor has his chunk of marble. The artist has his clean canvas. The writer has her blank sheet of paper. And the gardener? The gardener has her cleared plot …