Way down here from way up there. Images from the European Space Agency.
Soil & Terrain
Soil & Terrain

Letting the Garden Be
Leaving the soil science books behind. By Rebecca Weil.

Cherry Ingram's Blossom Fetish
"Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom." — Basho. No argument there. By Angela Lord.

How to Lay a Hedge
Tips on the art of boundaries . . . and some valuable handycraft from the Ancient Countryside. By Mandy Goddard.

Silently Name-Checking the Flowers
The art of the essay as cultural history and nature writing. By John Davis.

Life is an Outlaw: A Biologist Challenges the Central Doctrine
A biologist's lament for a fundamental principle of biology. Ignacio Chapela interviewed by Whitney Smith and Chris Lowry.


Faces of the Planet: Landscape Photography From On High
Where we live — from the photo gallery of the European Space Agency.

In the Shade of a Frond
On acquiring a sixth sense for the forest world. By Jenna Gersie.

Present to the Non-Human
Four poems that beautifully evoke the sound of species in habitat. By David Hawkins.

Have Time, Will Play: 5 Easy Steps to Sketching Nature
A simple and clever set of instructions to help you free your inner artist — to capture quick little views of nature. By Jolie Kaytes.
