Puddock Hill Journal – Entry #5: A Modern Ethic for Backyard Gardens Sometimes I think everything you need to know about humanity is contained in the phrase “ecosystem services.” This is the term of art we humans invented to describe how a given biome—a forest, a wetland, a meadow, etc.—contributes something of benefit to…well, to […]
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The Steward’s Anticipation
Puddock Hill Journal – Entry #2: Pay no attention to those mating toads. We just experienced two summery warm days here in the Brandywine Valley, but while the grass has greened and early spring ephemerals have begun showing off, I’m mostly still looking at a landscape of browns. Anticipation is the gardener’s dominant emotion this […]