Garden Almanac for June 16: Fresh Vegetables, Saint Benno’s Fish, and the Gardens That Feed Families
June 16 brings an unexpected but fruitful combination into the Garden Almanac: Saint Benno’s fish, a lost key, fresh vegetables,
June 15 brings Saint Vitus into the Garden Almanac as a figure of movement, turning weather, ripening crops, nervous skies
June 14 enters the Garden Almanac with storm clouds, water, old calendar memory and the practical vigilance of early summer.
June 13 belongs to Saint Anthony of Padua, one of the most widely loved saints in the Christian calendar. He
June is a funny month in the garden. Everything is growing at full speed, flowers are blooming, vegetables are racing
June 12 brings a tender but serious combination into the Garden Almanac: green branches, old spring customs, children, protection, and
June 11 brings Saint Barnabas into the Garden Almanac with hayfields, long light, weather risk, herbs, meadows, children’s play and
June 10 brings Saint Margaret into the Garden Almanac through a wonderfully earthy doorway: radishes, flies, kitchen gardens, summer hygiene,
There comes a moment every June when you step into the garden “just for a minute” and, twenty minutes later,
June 9 is International Archives Day, and in the Garden Almanac it becomes a day for thinking about memory in