Thursday, July 16, 2026

The farm report

 A line from Scott Russell Sanders, on a person’s attachment to place: 

Most of us do not have forty acres to care for, but that should not keep us from sowing and tending local crops.

 

We’re enjoying cucumbers this week from the Wise Woman’s garden. We’ve got so many chilis that I’m going to have to make hot sauce.

• Source: Scott Russell Sanders, Staying Put; Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, p. 118.

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