On my kitchen counter I have not one but two little vases of flowers from the garden. One holds a fragrant pink rose, the other holds a handsome collection of high-dark-coned rudbeckia, flowering mint and lavender. If you are a… Continue Reading
“For all our grumbling about wasteful and purposeless government spending, I look at this project and think to myself: ‘Now this is money well spent,’” said Emily Alma, co-owner with five others since 1987 of Riparia, an organic 12-acre farm… Continue Reading
The bats are back silently patrolling the summer night sky. Flitting across the darkening horizon, their grace and presence is awe inspiring to me. Now – with warming nights – that they are a regular feature in my night garden,… Continue Reading
They catch the light – especially the low, soft slanting light of Autumn; they dance in the slightest breeze; they hold dew drops and rain drops like pearls, winking on a string; they arch and drape and cascade, adding both… Continue Reading
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