realmud garden

a journal about my garden and my life: thoughts on the chaos, the glory, the surprises, the disasters, and the joys of life and my garden

"I thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes"

--e.e. cummings

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Name: Kati
Location: British Columbia, Canada

I am a writer, artist, gardener and wounded healer with a special interest in the natural world, the re-enchantment of design, and healthy, fabulous food. My home is my garden and workshop, and I use my travels as inspiration. I enjoy stepping off the beaten path to discover the unexpected and to re-connect with the awesome power of Nature to rejuvenate my soul.

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    RUNNING IN ETHIOPIA:

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  • , some of the plant life I enjoyed in Ethiopia, March, 2007: latest post July 17, 2007

    REVISITING ETHIOPIA:

  • Revisiting Ethiopia
  • -- a summary of my trip to Ethiopia, March, 2007

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    about the moon

    How to Help:

  • Ethiopia Reads: help develop a reading culture in Ethiopia by connecting children with books.
  • The Fistula Foundation: treating and preventing the childbirth injury obstretric fistula through supporting the Hamlin Fistula Hospitals in Ethiopia
  • Water Can/Eau Vive: providing clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people
  • CARE: defending dignity, empowering girls and women in the fight against poverty; promoting education...
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      Garden

    • A Garden Exempt from Public Haunt
    • A Growing Delight
    • Allottment Lady
    • an eclectic garden
    • Angela's Northern California Garden Blog
    • An Iowa Garden, Don, Iowa City, Iowa
    • A Photographer's Garden
    • A Study in Contrasts, Kim, aka blackswampgirl, Ohio
    • Autumn Cottage Diarist
    • bean-sprouts, one family's search for the good life
    • Bookish Gardener
    • Calendula & Contrete
    • Chloe's Garden, Victoria, Australia
    • claire's garden, Scotland
    • Cold Climate Gardening
    • Colors Of the Garden, Kerri, Upstate NY
    • Compost Bin, Anthony, New Jersey
    • Crafty Gardener, Quinty West, Ontario
    • Daughter of the Soil, Rebsie in the U.K.
    • Dave's Allotment
    • Diane's Baja Desert Garden Blog
    • Digging, diary of an Austin gardener, Texas
    • Dirt By Amy Stewart
    • Dirt Divas Gardening, Alaska
    • edge effect, meresy_g, Pennsylvania
    • Ein Stuck Garten, Anita in Germany
    • Empress of Dirt, Ontario
    • 'Escape-Ology',an Antipodean Gardener's escape
    • Gardening While Intoxicated
    • gardenpath, Sandy in Main
    • Girl Gone Gardening, Indiana
    • Flatbush Gardener, xris, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
    • Fliesstalleben, Sisah, in a small village just outside Berlin
    • Free Man's Garden, Eleutheros, Southern Appalachia, U.S.
    • Frog Garden, Roy in Australia
    • Garden Bits, photos by Valerie, Austin, Texas
    • The Garden Blog (of a gal growing Southern), South Carolina
    • Garden Djinn, Jenn, Michigan
    • Gardener In Chacala, Mexico
    • Gardener to The Big House, Bob in the UK
    • Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas, Stuart, Australia
    • Garden Rant
    • The Golden Gecko Garden Center Blog, California
    • Googie's Garden, Victoria, Australia
    • The Great Experiment, R. Sorrell, Austin, Texas
    • Green Space, Heather and Elaine, Houston, Texas
    • La Gringa's Blogicito, Honduras
    • Hands In The Dirt, Don, Indianopolis, Indiana
    • Hanneles paradis p...,Goteberg, Hisingen, SE
    • Hillside Garden, Sigrun in Germany
    • Horticultural, Jane Perrone, London,UK
    • The Inadvertent Gardener, Genie, Iowa City
    • and The Inadvertent Gardener's new site
    • In My Kitchen Garden, Farmgirl in Missouri
    • kate smudges in earth, paint and life
    • the land of moo, Laura P, Midwest U.S.
    • Les jardins d'Eve
    • Le jardin de Sophie, Portugal
    • Lindas tradgardsblogg
    • long-toothed hinterland dweller
    • Lottas tradgard
    • Lost Roses, West Rocky Mountains
    • Mas Du Diable
    • MucknMire, Ki, New Jersey
    • My Back 40
    • My Bay Area Garden, Strata, Sunnyvale, California
    • Native Growers
    • Neues vom Lindenhof, Elisabeth in Baden Württemberg
    • Of Spring and Summer
    • Rosemarie's Garden, Chicago, Illinois
    • Soul of the Garden, Tom Spencer, Austin, Texas
    • The Transplantable Rose, Annie in Austin, Texas
    • Tropical Embellishments, Christopher C. in Hawaii
    • Tyra's Garden, Sweden
    • the veggiepatch reimagined
    • Zanthan Gardens, Austin, Texas

      Nature & Place

    • Alaska Life
    • An American in Africa, Leanne in Ghana
    • Au fil du temps/As time goes by, Canada
    • Beechwood Wetland Blog,Marnie, Toronto
    • Beyond the Fields We Know, Kerrdelune, Ontario
    • Bowen Island Journal, Chris Corrigan, B.C.
    • Bricoleurbanism, Toronto
    • Britt-Arnhild's House..., Norway
    • Burning Silo, Eastern Ontario
    • capturing the moment, Henderson, Nevada
    • ckayaker, Quebec
    • counting petals, Lene in Vermont
    • Cozy Shack, north coast California
    • Creature of the Shade, urbanist, tree watcher...
    • Creek Running North, Chris, Bay area and the SW U.S.
    • deli[log]ue, Manuel Z.R.Kim in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Dharma Bums, Olympic Peninsula : Washington
    • earth home garden, Jim & Peg, southern California
    • Edifice Rex, in northeast Alabama
    • Endment, New York
    • the farmers wife, rural Illinois
    • Farmgirl Fare, rural Missouri
    • Ferenge Addis Blog, Marc & Laurel, in Ethiopia
    • Forest Walks, Mary near The New Forest, England
    • for the love, Sara in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Fragments From Floyd, Fred in Virginia
    • Geek Acres, Duane in Missouri
    • The House & other Arctic Musings
    • The Inman Road Chronicles, Lone Butte, B.C.
    • jane's daily blah, Jane in South Korea
    • Kim Gjerstad in Congo
    • The Magpie Nest, pica and numeneus, Bay area, California
    • Meskel Square, Andrew Heavens about Ethiopia
    • Moonmeadow Farm, Rosemoon, North Carolina
    • Nature is Profligate...Amity Wilczek, Harvard University
    • Niches, Athens, Georgia
    • Not So Virtual Homestead, Jersey
    • nunablog, ian & jennifer
    • Off The Grid, Maine etc.
    • Ontario Wanderer, rural Ontario
    • pile of o'melays, organic farmstead in Missouri
    • Prairie Point, Dallas, Texas
    • Pure Florida
    • Pure Land Mountain, Living in Japan, Robert Brady
    • Ranch Ramblins, Ozarks
    • Riverside Rambles, Larry Ayers
    • Roundrock Journal, on the edge of the Missouri Ozarks
    • Rurality, Alabama
    • Sand Creek Almanac, Deb, Minnesota
    • 75 Degrees South
    • Sugar Mountain Farm, Walter Jeffries, Vermont
    • SwampThings, North Carolina
    • Sylvia's Journals, Grand Bend, Ontario
    • The Taming of the Band-Aid, Florida
    • Things We Should Have Written Down, mostly sub-saharan musings
    • 3rd House Journal
    • Thomasburg Walks, Pamela in eastern Ontario
    • Tjilpi, a 'rascally GP' in Australia's outback
    • Toad in the Hole, Ron, California
    • Creating "wildside" as Home

      Writers & Writing

    • alembic
    • A line cast, a hope followed
    • anyone lived in a pretty how town
    • Bee-mused in the Country, Hick, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Nevada
    • The Book Mine Set, John Mutford, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
    • Book of Marvels
    • but she's a girl...
    • the cassandra pages
    • Cider Press Hill
    • Connaissances
    • Daring to Write, Wenda, Richmond, B.C.
    • Diary of a Self-Portrait
    • The Factory Floor
    • Hoarded Ordinaries, Lorianne, Keene, New Hampshire
    • Humanyms
    • I Was Just Thinking, Arefaynie Fantahun on Ethiopian books,films and music; in Addis Ababa
    • Laughing Knees, Miguel Arboleda
    • Literary License
    • Loose Leaf Notes
    • louder
    • Mining Nuggets, Tamar Jacobson
    • mole, by koshtra
    • My Life as a Gas Station Attendant, outside Nashville
    • Older, but no wiser..., Andy Borrow's
    • Outside In
    • Ramblings of a Skinny Little Blonde
    • Simply Wait
    • Somewhere on the masthead, Magazine Man
    • Riverside Rambles, Larry, Missouri
    • waiter rant

      Religion & Spirituality

    • All Things Seen and Unseen, Rob Marsh
    • At the end of desire, Innana, New York
    • Beyond the Fields We Know, Kerrdelune
    • jack/zen
    • Kristin Noelle
    • Life in the Hollow
    • Sacred Ordinary, aka Fran the Redondo writer
    • Sister Earth
    • The Story Midwife,
    • Turtleheart Cove, Colorado

      Science,Politics & Opinion

    • Barbara's Blog
    • Michael Berube
    • CoffeeChiliSun, Dina in Ethiopia
    • The Disgruntled Chemist
    • Echidne of the Snakes
    • Filweha Pundit, about Ethiopia
    • Firedoglake
    • For the Defense
    • I Blame The Patriarchy, Twisty, Austin, Texas
    • It's morning somewhere
    • Marian's Blog
    • Muck and Mystery
    • Pharyngula
    • Pinko Feminist Hellcat
    • Shakespeare's Sister
    • mechachal yichalal, ideas to unite Ethiopians
    • Nazret.com Urael, blogger from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Via Negativa, Dave Bonta
    • What She Said!
    • Women of Color Blog

      Artists

    • a la recherche de l'Absolu, France
    • a beautiful revolution
    • Blaugistine
    • The Creative Journey, Karen Winters
    • Diary of a Self-Portrait
    • Eidolon, Graham McArthur, Australia
    • Everyday Matters, Danny Gregory
    • Greenish Lady, Ireland
    • harmonyinline, New York
    • Izel Cottage, Sandy's photos, west coast Canada
    • Knitsteel's Xanga Site
    • Land of Little Rain, Maureen, Montana
    • Little Miss Arty Pants
    • The Magpie Nest: Feathers of hope
    • Marja-Leena Rathje
    • natalie darbeloff is at home..
    • photos, reflexions et creations
    • pomegranates and paper
    • raven's nest
    • Sacred Heart Arts, Shell, Brisbane Australia
    • Seeing Anew, Judith in Ohio
    • So Many Stars, Kathleen Pequignot
    • Wild West Yorkshire, Richard Bell

      Design & Modern Living

    • Land+Living:Modern...

      Finnish

    • Blogilista
    • Puutarhasivuja/Finnish gardening sites
    • Anna ihmemaassa
    • Anskun piha
    • Jaskan puutarha
    • Laurier Rose
    • Mehiläisiä & hunajaa
    • Orvokkeja ovenpielessäPuutarhaprojekti
    • quun puutarha
    • Risulinnun pihassa
    • Sysimetsän tila
    • Viherpeukalo keskellä kämmentä
    • Villin pihan tarinoita

      Fodd & Wine

    • Absolutely Green, vegan cooking by Virginie, from France
    • almost turkish recipes, Burku, U.S.
    • Anna's Cool Finds, around Marin County, California
    • les bonheurs de sophie
    • Coffee & Cornbread, a southern cook
    • Cook (almost) Anything at least once, Haalo in Melbourne, Australia
    • Experimentation of Taste, chrispy
    • Gattina, New Jersey via Hongking and Singapore
    • Jumbo Empanadas, Brilynn, Canada
    • Kalyn's Kitchen
    • Morsels & Musings, Anna in Sydney, Australia
    • Once Upon A Feast, Ruth, Toronto
    • The Serendipitous Chef, Surfindaave, Socal, California
    • Sweetnicks-Food & Life, Cate
    • La tartine gourmande, Bea in Boston
    • Vicious Ange, food&wine diary by Ange, Melbourne, Australia
    • Weekend Herb Blogging
    • What Did You Eat?, Sher, California

      Fibre Related

    • Grumperina goes to local yarn shops...
    • heyawesome!
    • Knits in Public
    • Purrls
    • Yarn Harlot
    • Yarn!

      Personal

    • A Hidden Well
    • Apprentice of Wonder
    • Archaelogist's Xanga site
    • Autumn Cottage Diarist
    • Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods, Norway
    • Dreaming What Ifs..., Oregon
    • Green, Blue, Brown...
    • Fate, Felicity, or Fluke, Rose, coastal Oregon
    • Hipchickmamma goes to seminary
    • Hurry Up and Wait, Dennis, Phoenix, Arizona
    • jellyhead
    • Lorna in Wonderland
    • maison madcap, Canada
    • Message in a bottle, Horizon in Scotland
    • Meteorites in Suburbia
    • mydestiny, Rajinder Singh, New Delhi, India
    • Peppylady almost perfect world, Idaho
    • Perennial Effervescence
    • Up A Creek Without a PatL
    • Sacred Ordinary, Fran, California

      Favorites & Sources

      All About Birds: Free Bird Guide and More
    • Bat Conservation International
    • Bird Life Finland; Suomen ja Euroopan linnut kuvissa
    • Bug Bios, "shameless promotion of insect appreciation"
    • Bug Guide
    • Common Dreams, News Center: news & views for the progressive community
    • Evergreen
    • Field Botanists of Ontario, Trent University
    • Flora Ontario, University of Guelph, Integrated Botanical Information System
    • The Garden's Gift
    • All About Birds: Free Bird Guide and More
    • Interweave Press, fibre arts magazine
    • John Muir, Sierra Club
    • Kasvitieteellinen Keskusmuseo: puutarha, Helsinki
    • Monarch Watch, from the University of Kansas Entomology Program
    • Native Growers
    • Native Plants Crossroads
    • Natural Heritage Information, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
    • Ontario Ferns, by Walter Muma
    • Ontario Trees & Shrubs, by Walter Muma
    • Ontario Wildflowers, by Walter Muma
    • Organic Consumers Association
    • Poison Ivy Information Page
    • Royal Botanical Gardens
    • Tree of Life Web Project
    • UBC Botanical Garden
    • Wild About Gardening,from the Canadian Wildlife Federation
    • Wild Flower Watch & Amusements
    • Wildlife Ontario
    • The World of Mosses, Walter Muma
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      And also...

    • 90% Rules - Simplify & Reduce
    • City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes
    • 43 Things: what do you want to do with your life?
    • me tu on 43 things!
    • Found Art!
    • Ode magazine
    • Resurgence, connecting with the heart of the ecology movement