On the Land

Brooks’ gardener, Shannon Mayhew gives an update on the Brooks Estate Garden in February.

“Something essential happens in a vegetable garden. It’s a place where if you can’t say ‘I love you’ out loud, you can say it in seeds. And the land will reciprocate in beans.”      -Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants Hope is in a seed. As we…

“To live in this worldYou must be ableTo do three things:To love what is mortalTo hold itAgainst your bones knowing your own life depends on itAnd, when the time comes to let it goTo let it go.” -Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers As these cool and foggy days settle into the garden I…

“You ought not to grow garlic unless you are willing to let it make you as patient as it needs for its purposes” – Stanley Crawford, A Garlic Testament After the strenuous work of summer, the slower pace of fall announces itself with a sigh of relief from gardeners as we take a pause from…