The originals for columns that follow appeared regularly in Whole News, a publication that, sadly, seems to have vanished without a trace.

Many thanks are due to Rebecca Kelley, Pat Walker, and the other fine people who have given me the opportunity to write a column almost every month! The versions here do include slight revisions and additions. I tend to write about the same sorts of broad subjects, though each column explores a mix of "how to" and "why bother" from both practical and spiritual points of view.

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"Gardening for Silvanus" (garden design; Spring 2002)

"Thoughts about Grass and Weeds" (organic practice; Spring 2002)

"Dog Days in the Garden" (ecology, mindful gardening; Summer 2002)

"Accepting Darkness, Waiting for Snow” (philosophy of gardening; Fall 2002)

"Mindful Planting” (mindful gardening, garden design; Winter 2003)

"Learning to Dance with Dionysus" (philosophy of gardening; Spring 2003)

"Not-So-Gentle Reminders?" (ecology; Spring 2003)

"Lessons from Trees" (philosophy of gardening; Summer 2003)

"A Voice in the Wind" (ecology; Fall 2003)

"When a Tree Falls" (ecology; Fall 2003)

"Up from an Acorn" (mindful gardening, tree planting; Spring 2004)

"Rotten Pleasures" (composting; Spring 2004)

"Fair Weather Friends" (philosophy of gardening; Spring 2004)

"No Gardens Permitted" (ecology; Spring 2004)

"Off the Linoleum, Into the Wild" (philosophy of gardening; Summer 2004)

"Evil Names, Nature's Ways" (mindful gardening; Fall 2004)

"Letting the Garden Sleep" (last harvests, mindful gardening; Fall 2004)

"Garden Porn" (catalogs, philosophy of gardening; Winter 2004)

Published at this site after the demise of Whole News:

"Pathwork" (working with stone, garden design; Late Winter 2004-05)

"Fungus Among Us" (preventing fungal growth on plants, May 2005)

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