Some years watering gardens requires a lot of work.  A lot of time attending to the allocation of life-giving water to parched plants.  Between the rows of plants — pathways for feet, pathways for water, Read More …

Rows, varieties, beds, and care.  The traces of river sand are still embedded in the roots of these garlic heads. Each carefully partitioned into cloves of pungent goodness nurtured from nature over 18 months.  The Read More …

Under the ungolden arch a chair sits waiting, anticipating.  The painting by Darlene Galer captures the season, the swing, the recovery made possible. In the courtyard at Last Door Keystone Retreat there is a circled Read More …

On the granite ridge, Fall pumpkins emerge from the powdered mildew leaves, a month ahead of schedule.  In the Keystone greenhouses micro greens are emerging from seed – growing.  The second crop of tomatoes is Read More …

When a couple of vintage gents gather as hood ornaments on a parade float then you know change is inter generational. Between the glitter and the rainbow colours there is a story.  A history. A Read More …

Somewhere between corn stalks and cheap talk there is a kernel of truth.  Grandpa Galer shared a gardner’s dictum, “Knee high by the Fourth of July.”  But this corn was reaching over heads before heading Read More …