Bluer than Blue Camas (Camassia)
I get my religion in places like this: and here, too: and  here: AMEN....
04 June, 2012
The not-so-mellow Mello garden in West Asheville – Fling 2012
I love a gutsy garden. And the gutsy gardener who makes it. Here you go. [caption id="attachment_11698" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The Mello Garden"][/caption] ...
21 May, 2012
Peonies and Mary Oliver
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart as the sun rises, as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers and they open --- pools of lace, white and pink --- and all day the black ants climb over them, boring...
12 May, 2012
I wish you a thundercloud
June 19, 1937 Dear Cedric, A strange thing happened to me today. I saw a big thundercloud move down over Half Dome, and it was so big and clear and brilliant that it made me see many things that were drifting around inside of me; things that...
29 April, 2012
Creating a Garden Tapestry: Plant identification and photos from the class
Thanks again for such an incredibly warm welcome and kind comments from my day of presenting in Ft. Collins, at the High Plains Workshop. What a great crowd. And a crowd of gardeners! I am late getting to this, but here are the main photos from...
20 March, 2012
Fruit of the Loom.
Or, what's looming in my future. Black Gilliflower. Ashmead's Kernel. Spitzenberg. Coming to my door. Tomorrow. YESYESYES! From Trees of Antiquity's catalogue/description: An old English russet apple, medium size, golden-brown skin with a crisp nutty snap. Fruit explodes with champagne-sherbet juice infused with a lingering scent of orange...
29 February, 2012