Essays
THESE ESSAYS COVER A VARIETY OF TOPICS, some serious, some light. All in some way relate to New Agrarian ideas. They are short and fairly casual, written for the Web.
Since I have developed a bad habit of taking several months to finish an essay (and of having a half-dozen in development at once), I have begun writing a weblog. If you like what you read there please let me know; the best of it will find its way onto the proper website one of these days. And meanwhile, my wife Kathy has contributed an essay.
Hobby Farming
If part-time farmers want to be taken seriously, they need to start taking themselves seriously. It starts with a word. (February 2004)
Gourmet Survivalist
The art of living well is the same in any century. (September 2003)
Making Dirt: A Composter's Story
It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to rot. (by Kathy, June 2002)
The End
For some people, watching thousands die on television is reminder enough
that death is a constant part of life; for me it took one kitten and
eighteen chickens. (July 2002)
November at the Market
The luxuries of late fall are better savored for being harder won. (November
2000)
Bustling
It's not the repose of the country but the action of the city that draws
me to farmers markets. (June 1999)
The Wheel Bug of Life
The line between wilderness and civilization is never as clear as we
think — especially in the garden. (April 1999)
The Secret Life of Tomatoes
A rambling dissertation on barbecue, botany, the personalities of fruit,
and my dog's gustatory proclivities. (July 1998)
Mowing Down My Troubles
The joys of cutting grass with a reel mower — or at least
without a gas-powered mower. (May 1997)
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