Every Spot Has It’s Own Personality
Most people begin a garden with a shopping list. Tomatoes.Lavender.Roses.Fruit trees. Then they go looking for a place to put them. I think we’ve got it backwards. Before choosing a single plant, we should spend time getting to know the land itself. Because every piece of land has a personality. Some places are quiet and […]
Letting go of control
I think we’ve been taught to look at gardens the wrong way. We’re told to chase perfection—straight rows, spotless beds, flawless blooms, and harvests that arrive exactly on schedule. When something dies, we assume we’ve failed. Nature doesn’t work that way. The longer I spend outside, the more I realize that a garden isn’t something […]
Slow Learning
People often ask how I learned everything about farming. The truth is, I don’t think farming is something you ever finish learning. It isn’t like memorizing facts or mastering a skill. A farm, and a garden, teach slowly. It repeats the same lessons until you’re finally ready to understand them. When I first started farming, […]