Writings

Those who commune with pecan trees share a common taste for imperfection.…

Spring road trips with our grandmother meant piling into her green ‘72…

A few years ago I planted a small Satsuma orange tree in our backyard.…

Hydroponics, Greek for “working water,” is basically growing plants without…

Wild grass and gasoline - that's the aroma of lost Texas to me. Lost…

Gardeners can tip their shade hats to the Culinary Institute of America for…

A honeybee community is the mother of all matrilineages. One queen…

Most chickens hate people the way we hate Nazis and terrorists, perhaps…

Nature helps soothe a range of ailments, connecting people with roots that…

Tending a garden in early summer evokes more than just the harvested…

John Troy: artist, designer, architect, psycho-analyst, historian, nature…

Extreme summers can plunge us all in a hot dusty wake of cracked earth, or…

Life is open territory and many of us have neither map nor compass, but…

The highway that cuts through the Texas hill country sheds little light on…

Living gifts that perpetuate health and productivity are the ultimate in…

One of the more fascinating agricultural stories in Texas depicts Saundra…