The
Absentee
Gardener

Go, get out in it.

What I do

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Latest Posts

  • Powerful gardening tool in your pocket

    Traveling north for a family funeral last month, I encountered a snow storm rocking the Midwest. I overheard lots of… Read more

  • Who’s there?

    Who’s there?

    I had my suspicions. The tracks, the teeth marks, the molested strawberries — it suggested rabbits. A motion-activated camera, often… Read more

  • The satisfying squish

    Gardening employs euphemistic language to describe some occasionally ugly business. Recently I’ve been engaged in “mechanical removal.” It’s a little… Read more