Poke things with sticks

by | Oct 8, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

Eons ago before I had even met the boss, before, in fact, I knew I needed a boss, a friend and I spent a week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. We made all sorts of poor choices while there, I like to tell myself I am a better person for them. But one good choice was...

Reproduction

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

I noticed them just a week and half ago: the brave garlic spears jutting up through the protective mulch. The mulch insulates the soil so that it remains a more constant temperature. In early spring that means colder. This prevents frost heaves, but it also slows...

RateMyGarden.com

by | Oct 15, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

Everything gets reviewed these days, anonymously, and often none too kindly. Is it for the better? Most of my garden’s reviewers offer anodyne comments or just smile, but what if they used RateMyGardener.com? Mrs. Beanbeetle: under the leaves by the tree 8/15/14...

Faith

by | May 1, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

I am not a person of faith. Though I participated in religious services as a child, I no longer do. I’m not sure if I had faith then, but I did believe what I was told. I didn’t question whether there was a God because the adults said there was one. High...

Piles

by | Oct 23, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

Some years ago a friend of mine and I were backpacking in the Adirondacks. As so often happens when backpacking, our minds, well really his mind, turned to waste. Waste is a much bigger problem when far from plumbing and a municipal sanitation system. My friend...