Somewhere in my body, memory and the future meet. Especially in Spring. An embryonic elephant’s ear, wizened and bloody green, surfaces from March soil, and I taste June’s rhubarb; smell it baking with cinnamon, nutmeg, and raisins under a dome of pastry. I’m shoveling composted cow manure to make new veggie beds. It’s just days [...]
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Anticipation
Posted in garden writing, gardening life, life as garden, living as the present changes, tagged gardening, making plans, spring on March 28, 2012 | 9 Comments »
More
Posted in gardening life, living as the present changes, tagged gardening, life, making plans, more, spring on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There is more daylight. How is it that more daylight translates into needing more time? There’s more to do. Not only in my own flat expanse of garden waking up and begging for the cut back of blanched winter brownery, but every garden I take care of is crying for the same. Some clients are [...]
Wrestling Season
Posted in garden writing, gardening life, living as the present changes, tagged gardening, life, making plans, spring on March 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A snowy morning in the not too distant future, I’ll answer the phone. A vintage tenor on the other end will sing: “When it’s Springtime in the Rockies…” That would be my dad, nearly 87. He’ll stop at the one phrase and chuckle. “I always say,” he always says, “the guy who wrote that song [...]
First, Plant Dreams
Posted in garden writing, gardening life, tagged dreams, gardening, life, making plans, sharing meals on February 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I gave up competitive gardening. That’s how I describe the continental drift in my attitude toward my garden. This has nothing to do with how hard I’m willing to work, nor how long. It has everything to do with how I want to feel. Here, at home, I want to cultivate calm, a sense of [...]
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