Early October in the garden: color, death, seedlings In the weeks following the equinox, the sun quickly begins its annual stroll toward the southern horizon. Here in Middle Tennessee, the autumn brings rain to the party, and the trees begin to reveal their celebratory colors. In the garden, tomato vines and summer squash is fading…
Four Season Gardening:Planting in September for Winter Plants established through autumn will provide fresh food all winter! August in Tennessee is typically baking hot, and dry. In the last month, we’ve had less than an inch of rain across the county, and temperatures above 100F most days. Even if I don’t water my flowers and…
Earth Energy Practice: Garden Sketching I started sketching out my garden(s) early on in my cultivation journey to keep up with what I’d planted, and where. I’d tried those little plant ID stakes, of many varieties, but a few months of sun and rain often left me scratching my head, and of course there were…
There is magic in a seed. Inside a tiny seed is a whole plant, which will grow, and might be beautiful. It might flower, and offer food…and of course, more seeds. Every seed has the potential to make exponentially more seeds that show up in the Earth’s biosphere in all kinds of creative ways and…