spring
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Brrr! The Cold is Over?! (maybe)
It’s not exactly fun planting in cold weather, but things have to go forward. Any sunny day or decent weather we went ahead with early planting… Things are okay as long as it’s nice enough to irrigate, and we put row covers over our seedlings, they can get through a -5C night (or colder) no… Continue reading
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Spring, Nature’s Best Teacher
There’s a whole world out there. If we’re willing, patient, and we listen, we might learn something. It might be the sound of birds signing, or the smell of leaves on a forest floor. Moss growing on the shaded side of a tree. A flower poking out from a sea of grass. Everywhere we can… Continue reading
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To the Greenhouse!
Spring equinox happened earlier today, March 20th (because it is a leap year). It was sunny and a beautiful day to be in the greenhouse, hitting 29C. Vitamin D feels good on the skin after the winter, and the greenhouse air fills the lungs with the vibrancy of spring. (Rate my office!) Spring equinox is… Continue reading
About Graham
Graham is an ecologist-farmer from Canada working on educating about the wonders and beauty of the natural world, and how we can design biodiverse food production systems.
