Category Archives: Gardening

June 11, 2009

Colors of the Garden

It’s been a wet, rainy spring and summer, so the greens are really thriving. These mustard greens seem the happiest of everything we’ve planted, so much so that we’ve got more mustard greens than we really know what to do with. I love their frilly leaves, and the bright punch of the green next to [...]

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June 5, 2009

Urban Gardening in Pittsfield

I’ve been enjoying seeing the progress of the urban garden at Alchemy Initiative, down in Pittsfield, MA, a nearby small city a lot like North Adams. Alchemy Initiative is headed up by textile artist Crispina ffrench; I’ve never met Crispina, but I’m so inspired by the work she does and the goals she has set: [...]

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May 7, 2009

The Magical Optimism of the Garden

Water-dappled mesclun and arugula in a self-watering windowbox It’s a drizzly, gray day here in the Berkshires — unfortunately, a familiar weather pattern for spring — and I’m feeling a little subdued and quiet. I thought it might be nice, then, to show you some photos of something else subdued and quiet — our little [...]

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June 17, 2008

Adventures in Gardening

Oh, hello. Is it really halfway through June already? So, the wee garden I’d worked so hard to cultivate this spring was reduced to a withering heap of green last week when a relentless and brutal heatwave descended over the Berkshires for three days. It was the talk of the town: at the library, the [...]

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