Warren Berkey

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An Open Letter to the Critter Digging up my Vegetable Garden

October 27, 2014

Dear raccoon, opossum, whatever you are...

I know I should take it as a compliment. That our bombed-out, unloved front yard has become more hospitable to the food you're after - grubs, worms, larvae - is a sign that our soil, our biome is healing.

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In In the garden Tags critters, garden problems, pests, vegetable garden

There's lead in our soil... now what?

July 1, 2014

I could see it so clearly. Our uninspired little 10' x 20' patch of mostly-dead crabgrass in front of the house transforming into a lush garden overflowing with herbs and vegetables.

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In In the garden Tags garden, getting started, lead, raised beds, soil test, vegetable garden

These are words, to see what the words look like when they are written in the sidebar. I wonder how many more words we would need to fill the space? I don’t know.