My girlfriend Leanna sent me a link to a YouTube video about a gardening technique called Polyculture. It’s a broad term, but this particular rendition of the theory never occurred to me, and it’s brilliant. In a small area, thickly sow seeds that leverage different soil depths and come into fruit at a different speed. […]
Continue readingForest Bathing with Anne Bailey
As I dug through my purse for my car keys, the smell of mint inspired an immediate, good-feeling response. I’d hurriedly stashed the sprig there after the service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham. Anne had given a presentation on the practice of Forest Bathing that morning and had passed a supply around to […]
Continue readingBird patrol at your service
“You don’t have a snail problem. You have a duck deficiency”. That was Bill Mollison’s reply to a gardener struggling with gastropods. I am a bird watcher. I keep a supply of birdseed around my deck, and there is always a good show provided. I even enjoy the thieving squirrels who don’t seem to know […]
Continue readingTop ten reasons to love Dandelions
10. Dandelions are cute and fun First of all, they are freakin’ adorable. I love to walk out in my yard and see all the shiny, yellow faces. For me, the sight of them is one of those things like hearing a baby laugh, cuddling a puppy, or watching panda bear cubs at play; all […]
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