On plants and perseverance. Twenty years ago, I found my own little patch of ground to care for, the one that had been in my dreams all along. That first spring, I sent away for dozens of apple trees and peony plants, eager to be rooted. Imagine my dismay when my glorious orchard arrived […]
“Patience is also a form of action.” — Auguste Rodin (attr.) When I first had a patch of dirt of my own, I excitedly ordered a garden’s worth of peony plants. Visions of puffy pinkness filled my head. Several weeks later, a shoebox appeared at my doorstep. I opened it to […]