Author Archives: Heather Hacking

      Life provides more adventure when you just say yes. Recently a reader asked if I wanted to smell her dead horse lily. Indeed. The guys from Riparia asked to chat about summer vegetables, and would I stop … Continue reading →

                    When someone writes you a letter and invites you to check out a plant that smell like a dead, rotting horse, of course you say yes. Terry called a few … Continue reading →

                I wasn’t going to get my hands very dirty this year. I have oodles of very important things to do. I love gardening, don’t you know? But my perennial flowers are lovely, … Continue reading →

Most of us have adopted little rules for living: Don’t snack after midnight; don’t take candy from strangers; don’t date musicians; read the instruction manual. One of my rules is not to put vegetable plants in the ground until my … Continue reading →

I’ve been spending a lot of time looking over other people’s fences. Of course, this isn’t entirely new to me, but now I have a purpose. My search to buy a house has been going on for a while. But … Continue reading →

After driving through the Mexican desert and back again on my recent vacation, I was eager to click my ruby slippers and chant “there’s no place like home.” The sands of the Sonora mountains and beyond are rich with “stark … Continue reading →

I was mesmerized by the power of water last week. Our family vacation began in water-rich Northern California, continued through the entire Central Valley, ending at the arid Sea of Cortez in Baja Mexico. (Of the 600 photographs taken, 22 … Continue reading →

Last weekend I returned home and the boxes had arrived. A ginormous stack of cardboard was piled several feet high. I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m doing, but the symbol of change had arrived on the dusty … Continue reading →

“Your power animal is not the soaring eagle or the shrewd wolf or the brave bear. No, Taurus, it’s the rubber chicken.” I’m serious. This was my horoscope from Rob Brezsney this week. You can imagine the sound of my … Continue reading →

  Sorry if you missed it, but last weekend was the annual seed swap at the GRUB cooperative. There’s a lot to be said about having something “new” even if it was already something new to someone else. To prepare … Continue reading →