Can our relationship with the ground ground us? When is a metaphor the real thing? When asked “What does it mean to be grounded?”, it won’t surprise the readers of Ground to Ground to hear people evoke images of the Earth, trees that are solid but flexible enough to sway in the wind (meaning that … Continue reading
Author Archives: Rebekah Smith
Not Everything is a Banana
On a hot day a banana peel will disintegrate midair on a trip to the compost heap (or to a ditch… It’s shocking that a person who would choose a banana could be the same litterbug launching garbage from the backseat of a Honda). A banana needs almost no time. What about the recalcitrant eggshell? … Continue reading
Teaming with Microbes – The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web
Informed by the soil biology research of native Minnesotan, Dr. Elaine Ingham, Teaming with Microbes – The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis introduces us the cast of characters that live in healthy soil, their relationship with each other and the critical balance needed between these microscopic … Continue reading
Oh, the Veggies You’ll Grow!
Oh, the Veggies You’ll Grow! It’s time to get up! Veggies are calling. There! ‘tween the tweeting ten creepers crawling. With a trowel in your hand and a hand in your glove, grow tomatoes! Corn! Greens! Whatever you love! Farmer Dan Brown! You know what tastes good! Le MonsterAnto would bottle yours if he could! … Continue reading
Ground to Ground 