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Spring garden awakens
Lupine leaves have this amazing ability to capture beads of water, it’s enchanting. The first crocuses are starting to poke through the heather.
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Tuesday garden tour
It is a delightfully purple year in the garden. I mean, if you’ve been here a while, you know this is the whole point. But it’s not usually this purple! This year is exceptional.
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Retreat
As with most things I read about autism, it took me a long time to recognise that I have special interests. It’s not that I’m interested in gardening you see, it’s that I want to create a space that has a certain vibe, and achieving that involves gardening. It’s just a means to an end.…
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Long-term goals
When I first saw this space I was struck by how bare, sterile, and controlled it looked. I wanted to bring life to it, but wow what a daunting project. But I’d been watching Big Dreams, Small Spaces and I understood I had to break it down into small achievable goals, year by year. The…
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Summer garden
We’re in stage 5 drought which is testing the fortitude of our drought-resistant planting. But we’ve finally had some rain these past two days and they’re loving it. The pollinators have been loving the garden too, as have we.
the nonspace of my mind
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I garden, cook and explore the forest in the Pacific Northwest, while advocating for neurodivergent support and resources. Steph and nonsense is a blog about these and other things.
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