Swanton Berry Farm Store – The Fresh Side Up
It doesn't look like much from the outside but when you walk into the Swanton Berry Farm store it's a wonderful shock to the...
Farmstand Facelift
Farmstands in Southern Ontario range from eye catching abundance to others that are simply sunflower bunches waiting at the end of a driveway, a...
Serendipitous Gardening
The oddest thing happened. I was on a perfectly lovely trail run near the headlands when bits of partially eaten plants and plant parts...
Nutwalk at Sissinghurst
It was this stand of Kentish cobnuts (a type of hazelnut) and an old, determined rose found buried under brambles in the orchard at...
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
We were on holiday in the UK this very month last year visiting friends. There wasn't much time to research points of interest before...
Unexpected Present
This stem cutting of Lepechinia calycina, also known as Pitcher Sage, is one of my first. Or I should say, one of my first...
Pistil Passing at Annie’s
I checked out Annie's Annuals website before making the journey to her Richmond, CA nursery. One of the first bits to pop off her...
Fetid Surprise
The leaves of Fetid Adder's Tongue, Scoliopus bigelovii, pop out like a beacon below the shaded cover of redwood forest canopy. Just last week,...
Think Like a Native
It takes a certain amount of street smarts to think like a native. Confidence, adaptability and the right flavorful pizazz help too. But what...
Cosmic Launch
We're making the plunge. Moving "off the hill" to the San Francisco Bay Area. Most folks in the Lake Tahoe area wonder why we...
New Perspective on The High Line
Lights, horns, sirens, snippets of passerby conversation, bustle. Unavoidably conspicuous billboards spanning buildings and city blocks. Reactive tests of physical ability to maneuver and...
