Monthly Archives: May 2012

garden grown

Posted on May 15, 2012 by paridevita

When my wife and I started the columbine book, I grew a lot of species from wild-collected seed, so that I could see them first hand. Not being much of a traveler (going to the store is pushing it, for … Continue reading →

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“that fag end of vegetable creation”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by paridevita

Thus Mark Twain, in a letter, describing the “sage-brush”, Artemisia tridentata. I respond to this effrontery, quite belatedly, by including a picture of same, which I took without bothering to focus. Point-and-shoot, indeed. Of course our beloved author was merely … Continue reading →

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