The Slow Turning: April into May in Southern Wisconsin
There’s a moment—somewhere between the last frost and the first flush of green—when southern Wisconsin begins to exhale. April arrives like a question mark, full of freeze-thaw cycles, wind, and…
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Arbor Day, and the Long Patience of Trees
There’s a quiet rhythm to Arbor Day that doesn’t seek attention. It arrives without fanfare, tucked between the budding dogwoods and the greening of the hills, asking only that we…
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Earth Day Through the Eyes of a Horticulturist
There’s something grounding about working with the land every day. You begin to see time differently—how soil holds memory, how trees speak in slow, steady rhythms, and how seasons mark…
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She is ESSENTIAL
Covid-19 has turned the world upside down. Living in an unfamiliar environment of fear, quarantine and self-isolation leaves nowhere to turn. Stay at home orders can make one realize that…
Read MoreNoisy Silence
With the world shut down in fear of a microbe, I woke at Dawn in light rain.The silence was deafening.Cars and planes absent, the Highways and skyways sang the song…
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