Cut flowers
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Cut flowers

Yesterday I harvested our first calla lily. It marks a tipping point, the moment that our succession of flowers (both wild and cultivated) begin peeking their heads out of their buds.

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Permaculture
Gardening Anna Hartley Gardening Anna Hartley

Permaculture

Shortly after moving into our home, my husband and I enrolled in a permaculture design course. Over the course of sixteen weeks and various (detailed) assignments, we applied our learnings to our own particular corner of the earth, studying the sun and the wind, the waterways, the usage of the space, and the opportunities contained within it.

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Establishing a Garden
Gardening Anna Hartley Gardening Anna Hartley

Establishing a Garden

Establishing an edible garden is an act of optimism: that things will grow, that you will have time to tend it, that you’ll figure out exactly how to grow things that you have only a vague notion about.

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