It’s climate change, stupid!
The U.S. presidential election is one long week away. If there is not enough anxiety to go around here on earth, I need to mention the planetary concern that has [...]
Apocalypse at the garden gate? Not if I can help it.
I wanted to write a garden story with a dozen pictures of pulchritude, but it felt somehow dishonest. Dragging hoses around for weeks has worn me out. At least [...]
Global Warming, Darkening Skies and a Gardener
Global warming is worsening, and the sudden realization that gardeners cannot do much about it alone knocked the filthy air out of me last week. The science of carbon [...]
Some Like It Hot
Heat arrived in Kentucky last week. I knew temperatures in the 90s would arrive sometime but hoped climate change would cut us some slack until July. Climate change is cutting [...]