Life at DrTom's

DrTom shares his intellectual inquiries, mental musings, and awkward adventures in upstate New York and around the world. Betcha can’t read just one.

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
— Ken Kesey

Sunday, August 16, 2009

A riot of Rudbeckia

(You just can't have enough of this plant in your garden.) My wife is always saying that our gardens are not lush enough. They just do...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

The passive approach to nature education

(My wife must have been listening all those years, even though she always appeared as bored as these students.) My wife and I have almo...

Friday, August 14, 2009

Did you ever sniff a spider up your nose?

(DrTom is about to suck a crab spider up his nose and transport it to another flower.) My favorite flowering plant at DrTom's is the ...

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Compost: The Holy Grail

(I wish my compost pile smoked like this.) My wife and I always have a large vegetable garden. It has never produced all that well. My wi...

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