By Andrea M. Jones
Although no longer meant as a guide for landowners, Between city and Wild still deals worthy and interesting views at the realities of settling and dwelling in wild surroundings. all through her ongoing trip of being domestic, Jones’s shut observations of the land and its local population are paired with the advice that even small landholders can act to guard the health and wellbeing in their houses. Her short meditations seize and honor the subtleties of the flora and fauna whereas illuminating the significance of operating to guard it.
Probing the contradictions of a way of life that burdens the health and wellbeing of the land that she loves, Jones’s writing is permeated by means of her light, earnest conviction that residing on the urban-wild interface calls for us to put aside self-interest, think of compromise, and alter our expectancies and habits—to accommodate the environment instead of strength them to house us.
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Whether from insufficient time, too little moisture, or a lack of heat, my first batch of compost was undercooked, a little raw.
The mountain lion I saw had a coat the hue of well-cooked toffee: not tawny. The species’ scientific name, Puma concolor, means cat of one color. Cat of one color, but many names: mountain lion or mountain cat, catamount, panther, puma, cougar. The etymology of these Â�names—Â�multiple English forms, puma from the Quechua language family of the Andes via French, cougar from the Tupi of Brazil via Portuguese and Â�French—Â�points to a history of encounters with native peoples and Europeans along an elongated frontier.
The world I watch going by when I lean on the rail is populated by ponderosa pines, lichen-crusted boulders, mule deer, bunchgrass, chipmunks, sage, and, occasionally, an ash-gray fox that has a den somewhere nearby. Although there are precious few flat spots to till a garden in this steep terrain, the issue isn’t a shortage of space so much as the neighbors. Planting a garden here is like opening a gourmet salad bar for the local wildlife. The chipmunks, rabbits, and deer have been quick to expand their tastes to imported herbs, exotic flowers, and fancy greens.
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