catapult magazine

vol. 6, num. 10 :: 2007.05.18 — 2007.06.01

For several climate zones in the northern hemisphere, May is a time of cleaning out and digging in around the yard. How can the design, practices and contents within a property boundary reflect our deepest values? On the yards of our childhoods, the yards we currently maintain and the yards we wish we had.

Feature

Gardening lessons

by Carol Vande Kraats

A series of columns travels through the seasons of nature and of life.

Editorial

Here on earth

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

The memory of yards captured in photographs recalls a journey of inherited wonder.

Articles

Outdoor heart

by Zena Neds-Fox

Deconstructing garden admiration reveals a longing for self expression.

Black gold

by Denise Frame Harlan

The discipline of composting makes a garden grow.

Unwinding under the weeping willow

by Raymond Blanton

On cultivating a space to relax with family and friends.

Reviews

How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)

by Raymond Blanton

A review of Mike White’s film Year of the Dog.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Garret

by Carol Vande Kraats

Sometimes our neighbor really is the person right across the lane.

The delusions of a "single-family dwelling"

by Paul Hansen

A morning in the back yard with Squirt the cat reveals the community of nature.

Holy drinking

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On learning by observation how to defeat death with a cold beer.

More than passing

by Gwen DiPietro

On one particular hobby that flourishes in all conditions.

Weaving the web

Yards for Kids

University of Northern Iowa

The resourceful web site of an organization committed to making yards safer for children through reduction in the use of pesticides and herbicides.

Tilling Word and Land

Sojourners Magazine

Wendell Berry on the relationship between his farming work and his writing.

Rx for Excess

Books & Culture

Andy Crouch presents some good news on the Church’s efforts to go green.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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