Posts by Jenks Farmer
Slick Photographer’s Trick
You know how guys are always looking to enhance perceptions of size. Gardeners, especially. An old photographer’s trick is to get a child or a small person to stand by some big plants. It makes them look bigger. That’s why I pal around with Buck– he’s a dwarf donkey, and he makes my crinum lilies…
Read MoreGardening as Art.
This is an excerpt from an article I wrote for a subscription, paper only magazine last year. The whole thing addressed in personal terms how gardening is art. This is a more succinct side bar…. It Is Art I can only speak for me. Garden design is sometimes industry, sometimes hobby, sometimes art. I engage…
Read MoreJust a Few Pics from the Day
[Not a valid template] Some days, I’m just too tired to write. The morning started with driving, helping out the tree crew who’s working on the tree/hedge line of the pasture and getting fruit trees set up for a fire sale this weekend. Isaac made that look spiffy while Knox bush-hogged. Fire wood cutting, bulb…
Read MoreMaking More Snakes
A Farm Cycle too Brief; Beyond Our Understanding
Our farm crew is changing drastically. New interns joined on while two guys who’ve been part of it since they were early teens moved on. Jacob and Tyler, seemingly, suddenly men, moved on to career jobs. In 20 years of managing interns, there have been bad times. But not this bad. Young Tyler, settling…
Read MoreWet May Morning on the Lily Farm
Momma’s garden featured in Minneapolis Star Tribune!
Read More“Opportunity is Like a Lovely Lady”
Quoted from Helen Keller’s address to the Lions Clubs. At the cool museum that is her birthplace you’ll see some nice gardens one of which was designed by a new friend. Phillip Oliver lives nearby. I didn’t know Philip but when I tweeted recently, “who can help me have some fun in northern Mississippi?” He…
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Deep Rooted Wisdom Reviews
Y’all don’t need to read this. It’s just plain tacky, but a PR person told me I needed to do it. Therefore, for the sake of “link love”, which apparently means you stroke my back and I’ll stroke yours in the social media world, here are all the places that Deep Rooted Wisdom has some “online…
Read MoreShe Rooted All These Antique Roses
If you’ve met my Mother, you know she has a green thumb and a tender heart. Just days ago, we were working in the garden so briskly, that she decided not to stop to go to church. I took a picture of the roses below in her hand. I’m writing/editing this while she’s in the…
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