There’s something calming about this time of year. The darkness invites a slowing down that our hyper-speed culture rejects the rest of the time. The browns and greys that fill the landscape call out for us to see beyond the surface, to imagine beyond the image we have of being alive.
Garden now and then in your garden of possibilities
All of us have responsibilities. We face various levels of stress and frustration related to our jobs, our home lives and our finances. Far too few of us offset these things with what I like to call decompression activities. For me, gardening is one of them. Why gardening?
A Passion for Bending and Twisting
This was my first piece of metal art. The one that started my passion for metal sculpture. I have not stopped since. Now my house is so full I am running out of room for my family.
The Tangled Garden
When in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, don’t miss the superb Tangled Garden!
Benefits of Growing Organic Crops
By engaging in organic gardening yourself, you’ll save money, and by the time your crops are ripe, you’ll feel the well deserved rewards of a fruitful season at your own hands and on your plate.
Salads from My Normandy Garden
With her Normandy garden offering up fresh ingredients, Julia McLean shares the secrets of delicious salads and dressing.
How To Repot A Bonsai – A Graham Potter Video
For more than a decade, Gil Namur has been rescuing seedlings, tending to them and letting them grow in clay pots. Recently, he discovered the bonsai talents of Graham Potter, whose love of tending trees has yielded such inspiring results.
The Latest Food Fad from the Chelsea Flower Show
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show took place over the past weekend. Once more there are gardens for all pockets and tastes — and Julia McLean was there. Read on for inspiration and recipes.
Bees for My Backyard
I’ve been interested in keeping bees for at least a couple of decades, probably since reading Sue Hubbell’s A Book of Bees. Hubbell, once a New York librarian, had moved to the Ozarks and taken up beekeeping as a livelihood. She wrote lyrically of the yearly rhythm of beekeeping, and the keen observation of bee behavior and of flowers in bloom that the bees inspired.
Hard Cider Means Hard Work
Julia McLean’s adventures making cider the old-fashioned way in Normandy, France with a little help from friends.