Peace Found on a Butterfly's Wings
May is still a great planting window in Southern California, but the heat is coming. Get your warm-season vegetables and flowers in now — and if your in-ground spots are full, containers work beautifully. Plus this week: a quiet reflection on peace, and why I believe the only road to a peaceful world runs straight through our everyday actions.
Everything Comes Back Around
This week's newsletter has a meaty deep-dive on drip irrigation math (with a worked example from my hugelkultur bed), a heads-up on spider mite season, and a recommendation for the green lacewings I use to keep tomatoes pest-free. I also share a beautiful afternoon spent at Manju Kumar's regenerative food forest — one of the most inspiring gardens in our area — and a Thought of the Week about kinship, gratitude, and serendipity that I didn't expect to write but couldn't put down.
Winter Is a Season for Slowing Down
Winter is a season of quiet work. We explore what winter means in Southern California gardens and how slowing down can lead to healthier, more sustainable systems.