Eric Scheske

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The Hemispheres in the Garden

The Hemispheres in the Garden

I lost a lot of money in the 2008-2009 crisis. I was doing alright but lawyers throughout Michigan were shuttering their practices. I knew it could become difficult to sustain my homemaker wife and seven young children. An acquaintance asked me if I’d ever tried square-foot gardening. I hadn’

Why Gardening Matters

Why Gardening Matters

Hemispheres in the Garden

Hemispheres in the Garden

The left hemisphere plans, incidentally. The right hemisphere flows. Carol Deppe draws an autobiographical distinction in The Tao of Vegetable Gardening between "Planning Carol" and "Doing Carol." PC lays out elaborate plans that DC later disregards as she gardens. I can relate . . . big-time. Deppe's

The Utopian Gardener: An Autobiographical Incident

The Utopian Gardener: An Autobiographical Incident

Rational ideas create hell on earth. Just ask a kulak. Or just ask the lettuce plants in my garden. I had a great gardening idea a few years ago. I called it “wild gardening.” The idea was simple and based on U.S. foreign policy over the past 75 years.

How to be a Good Agrarian

How to be a Good Agrarian

I hung out with Michael Jordan outside Chicago about twenty years ago. No, not basketball Michael Jordan. I'm talking about Michael Jordan, the English professor from Hillsdale College. We met at a Touchstone conference at Mundelein Seminary. He saw my name tag and said he enjoyed my articles.

Taoing Around in the Garden

Taoing Around in the Garden

There's a great gardening book called “The Tao of Vegetable Gardening.” The author, Carol Deppe, applies Taoist principles (especially that of wu-wei, “not doing”) to the soil, but the book isn't about Taoism. It's all about gardening. The Taoism is rarely explicit, but rather

The Joy of Seed Catalogs

The Joy of Seed Catalogs

Teresa Mull at The Spectator

What Do Fungi Have to Do with Athens?

What Do Fungi Have to Do with Athens?

Eve Tushnet at The University Bookman

Seven Ways to Dispose of Garden Weeds

Seven Ways to Dispose of Garden Weeds

After using a weeding hoe, which entails slicing weeds off just below the surface, here are ways you can dispose of them: 1. Cut and Leave: Let them decompose where they fell. This is the easiest and my primary method. 2. Hot Piles: Rake them into a pile, mixed with