Practical advice & moral support for the small-scale gardener
I have come to revere the artful and effortless way that Italians garden in containers. Even when I was just a student wandering around Italy, I noticed the flowers and foliage that seemed to sprout from every crevice. When I go there now with a more finely attuned horticultural radar, I’m moved and inspired by…
After returning from Puglia last summer, I knew I would need an olive tree for the balcony. Over the four weeks I spent surrounded by them in the countryside, I had become accustomed to their presence. I could no longer imagine life without their twisty branches and muted foliage rustling in the breeze, catching the…
Our relationships to places are funny things. It can be hard to pin down why we love or hate a place and often it depends on memories and nebulous vibes more than a place’s actual virtues or defects. Furthermore, they are unrequited relationships. Places do not love us back; they are indifferent to our feelings…