Tag: gardening

Feral

Andrea Cordonier

Landscaping, My Old House, Pets, Animals & Livestock, Resources & Environment, Sociology & Psychology

These days I wake up at cat o’clock. Puss meows to escape, the birds twitter and fuss, a din moments before first light appears on the horizon. Little cat’s seasonal wildness begins mid-April or so, while mine lies dormant for another month. By mid-May we are in cahoots while the house sleeps on. There are… Read more
The Oracle at Lee Valley

Andrea Cordonier

Bricks & Mortar, Education & Learning, Food & Agriculture, Landscaping, The Trades

Yesterday morning Husband and I had one of those insanely stupid thirty-second flash arguments, this time about the best way to sharpen the garden tools. My rule of thumb is he/she who actually does the work has absolute sovereignty – including the last word – over the purchase, maintenance and use of tools/systems around that… Read more
The Houseplants Are Calling Me

Andrea Cordonier

Food & Agriculture, Surveillance, Technology

I don’t know whether to laugh or be filled with dread, but a group of science students at NYU have come up with BotaniCalls, a monitoring system that enables your houseplants to ring you up when they need a drink. Kind of like your friends do, but without the stellar company, human interaction and demand… Read more