This recently harvested savoy cabbage was shot using a lighting technique called 'light painting'. As you can see the results in quite low key. Exposure: 30s |…
Honeybees have evolved an extraordinary form of communication known as the "waggle" dance. ... When a worker discovers a good source of nectar or pollen (note…
The strawberries have been slow to produce this year. They are among my top three favorite crops, if not my favorite. And I savor and hoard them more than the…
I bought some seeds when I was in Spain last fall while I was walking the Camino. I wasn’t positive what this was, but I was pretty sure it was a type of kale…
My cabbage and greens are thriving in this cool, wet spring. I used not care much for cabbage. It is not on most people's favorite vegetable list. The…
I feel like a bear that has just come out of hibernation after a long cold winter. My attitude and motivation are much improved as the poppies start to make…
I cut the seed pods when I see them so the plant doesn’t think it is finished for the season. If you leave them to flower they will divert energy away from the…
”With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” ~ Gustav Mahler I have planted more seeds than in past years. It is still too cold to plant anything outside here…
Although I did not take this picture this year it is one of my favorite winter images. This picture was taken in our orchard, after a particularly hard frost,…
"There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars.” ~ Charles Dickens, 'A Christmas Carol…