The earth bore much substance, on the mountains the oak at its top yielded acorns and midway bees. — Hesiod, Works and Days
Good Garden Things
Garden Visitors
Flowers
Et cetera
Links to Like
There are so many great writers here on Substack, and I’d encourage you all to explore the site when you get a chance. There’s truly something for everyone. To give you some starting points, I thought I’d try adding a section to my posts where you can click over to read pieces from other writers. Of course, I’ll start out with some of my favorites, whose topics, not surprisingly, include gardening, books, & seasonal living. Here’s a sampling of what I’ve enjoyed reading so far this month:
Happy gardening & harvesting, and happy reading!
—Erin, in Michigan
Love this.
Foraged some mushrooms this week--blackstain polypore or something? Anyway, yum.
Also--how do you get your echinacea to grow like that? My echinacea has always been a failure, and the bee balm doesn't do fantastically either.
What glorious photos! I have big lettuce envy…we used to try all kinds of varieties, only to learn our sudden hot spells make all lettuces bolt almost instantly. Your pics also brought back fond memories of Michigan, of things I didn’t realize I missed…milkweed and Monarchs!