The Dirt
Why Gardeners Should Get A CSA Share
Community Supported Agriculture by Sandy Swegel You’ve heard about CSAs by now. Community Supported Agriculture is a system where you pay one flat rate for a weekly share of food from a local farm. It’s a great plan that gives farmers a guaranteed basic income and gives you access to good local food. […]
Butterfly Love
Loving Our Earthly Companions by Sandy Swegel I have friends who are serious eco-tourists. They were the first people I knew to swim with dolphins. Then they starting swimming or boating with whales, petting them and picking lice off whales. This year the trip de rigeur was down to Mexico where you can be […]
A Wild Thicket
Keeping a Little Wild in Your Garden by Sandy Swegel When it comes to our gardens, we Americans are of a divided heart. Deep in our ancestral memories are the manicured gardens of Europe. We swoon over the groomed roses and delphiniums of England, We admire the orderliness of rows of Tuscan poplars. We see […]