Creating a Shift in Culture
I have the privilege of being a writer for the (Chesapeake) Bay Journal News Service. My most recent piece spoke of the... Read More
Inspiring Sojourners
The Boston Tree Party is planting couples of heirloom apple trees in civic spaces around Beantown. This is a most inspiring... Read More
When is Taking Not Stealing
One question that tends to come up when I speak about public orchards is: What if people steal the fruit? That is,... Read More
Buddha’s teaching
In his classic work, Small is Beautiful: economics as if people mattered, E.F. Schumacher teaches the following: “Every follower of the Buddha... Read More
Fruit Tree Inventory Launched with Towson U students
This morning, Anne Fleshman and I met with students from Prof. Natalia Fath’s Environmental Geography class at Towson University. With the help... Read More
A Place for Your Questions
The University of Maryland Extension Service hosts a site for your questions: the Home and Garden Information Center. There is even a... Read More
Tools for Planting
CGRN, the Community Greening Resource Network at the Parks and People Foundation, operates five local garden tool banks. This past Sunday, they... Read More
Bees in Danger
Our nation’s honey bees are in distress. With Colony Collapse Disorder, parasites and changing habitats, things are not going well for the... Read More
Where Are The Trees?
We are using this winter (and spring and summer too!) to begin to build our fruit-tree inventory. Good harvests require both the... Read More
We All Have a Role
While out gathering wood for the fire tonight, I collected slender twigs that serve as the finest of kindling; pencil-thick twigs that... Read More