The Requirement to Garden
This is a long one. I suggest you make a cup of tea and a snack before starting.
"And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your 
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This is a long one. I suggest you make a cup of tea and a snack before starting.
"And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your February at the Community Garden
We popped over to the community garden yesterday afternoon with a frozen pail of compost. I thought I would take some pictures so you can see what it looks like in the middle of winter.
As you can Dispatches from the Land of the Lost
If I had to describe Dominica's flora with one word, I think I would choose "giant." Or possibly "huge."
"Lush" is a good word but I'm not sure it can convey the kind of extreme lushness I Storefront Gardens
My pal Barry and I started a new, collaborative internet website (aka "blog" if you must) called Storefront Gardens, documenting the various shop window gardens we pass by in our day-to-day lives and travels.
Recently, while Letting Go
A sad mess of dessicated branches soon to meet the compost bin is all that remains of my beloved 'Chinese Ornamental' hot pepper plant. I had grown fond of this little hot pepper plant and was Planty Things I Saw in Montreal
I am terribly behind. We took a short leisure trip to Montreal about a month ago, I took pictures with the full intention of posting about it, but then I didn't. But now I am. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it and then I'm gonna hit
‘Gezahnte’ Tomato
Behold, the first of the non-cherry, indeterminate tomatoes that has reached maturity for 2009. And it's a beauty. Incidentally, I've managed to grow several ruffled tomato varieties this year purely by happenstance. Well, that and Now In Colour (For a Limited Time)
Last night, at a party, artist Prashant Miranda painted my tattoo with watercolours. Please go have a look at his journal pages. Prepare to be blown away.
Since getting the tattoo last year (drawn by Davin Transplant Trade 2009
I attended a transplant trade this weekend. I arrived at the trade with two trays of plants and returned home with only one. Success! I exercised a lot of restraint this time around and did not succumb to any descriptions of beautiful tomatoes Gardening Lessons My Grandmother Taught Me (Unintentionally)
I wrote this piece back in February for The Guardian UK, and am now posting it here in its entirety as promised. You can read my preface to it here.
My gardener’s story is atypical. There were no childhood summers frolicking in the garden of a rosy-cheeked matriarch eager to pass on a passion for growing things; however, there was, in fact, a grandmother—a woman who for better or worse certainly left an impression. A woman who taught me about gardening without meaning to, possibly even in spite of herself. She Never Met a Cactus She Didn’t Like
The title is a quote from this video. No truer words have been spoken.
Spring must be in the air because I bought two cactus plants this week. The first is some kind of barrel Cactus Bokeh
During our trip to Austin, Texas last week, Ted Forbes, a fellow photo and design geek, drove out to Austin to go on a photo safari. After a series of snafus (mostly my fault), we ended up driving out to Hamilton On My Gardening Bookshelves
I recently did an interview with Mari Malcolm of the Amazon blog about the garden books I keep on my own bookshelf. It was a fun interview to do. I love, love, love books and Personal Histories
Phew, that was fast. I put the finishing touches on an article late last night and it is already up on the Guardian website. This one, about the relationship between myself and my maternal grandmother is a bit more personal than usual and I am still
CUBA!
I'm back! I'm covered in mosquito bites. Itchy. I'm sunburned. Also itchy. I'm feeling much more alive and functional than I was before I left, although my brain is also super scrambled from the complexity of this The Last Post for 2008
It's that time of year again. I'm supposed to write some kind of rundown of the year highlighting the ups and downs. Look to the future. Make resolutions. Count my blessings. Recap events. Write some kind Book: A Tale of 12 Kitchens by Jake Tilson
I bought "A Tale of 12 Kitchens" by artist and designer Jake Tilson just over a year ago and have been trying to find a reason to write about it on the site ever since. Gifts for Gardeners (To Make): Music to Garden To
Remember mixed tapes? The format is all but dead but I'm still keeping a tape player on hand and have hoarded a box full that were given as friendship letters from loved ones over a decade ago when it was still our favourite way to say we cared.
Buddha’s Hand Citron (Citrus medica L.)
When that old adage "The grass is always greener" was coined they must have been thinking about gardeners -- or maybe they were just thinking about gardeners like me -- because as much as I love my As You Might Have Imagined, It’s Botanical
I got a tattoo.
I feel a little silly saying it since there is something kind of odd really about having artwork permanently etched onto one's body. And despite what anyone has ever told you, getting a
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