And then she took a long breath and looked behind her up the long walk to see if anyone was coming. No one was coming. No one ever did come, it seemed, and she took another long breath, because she could not help it, and she held back the swinging curtain of ivy and pushed…
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Once upon a time, on my parents’ property, I had a herb garden. A really big, old-fashioned, formally laid-out herb garden. I grew herbs for cooking, and also for medicine. My poor family: they were my guinea pigs. I used to grind up herbs and squeeze them into glycerine tablet casings to make them easier…
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Swaying in the morning breeze, Growing sunflowers for the bees. Loving the buzzing in the open air, In the flower garden bees are everywhere. ~ From “Flowers for the Bees” by Gregor Hacska & Zanni Louise On the weekend I showed Madeleine and one of her little friends the green and growing things in our…
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Outside as I write this the wind is howling – true Brontë-sisters-story-style howling – around the house. Rain is whipping sideways into the windows, the dog inside is shifting on his chair and can’t seem to relax. Yesterday the beautiful old rose vine that had been clambouring over our front verandah for more decades than…
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Once upon a time, our remote hunter-gatherer ancestors figured out that they could improve the quality and quantity of their food supply if they helped it out a bit, by adding a splash of water here, a spot of compost there, and keeping the weeds and predators away. And so it came to pass: the…
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I’ve been all about bringing green back into my home lately. It’s been a long time since I lived with house plants, and I can’t quite think why. Here are five of my favourites. 1. Sky Planter Have you seen these Sky Planters from Boskke? Our local organic food store has them hanging from the…
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When I was in high school we all had to do a couple of stints of “work experience,” which essentially meant unpaid internships in fields we were considering for our careers. Since my career goal was “author,” I was a little bit stuck. As far as I knew, there weren’t any successful authors in my…
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