What if insects stopped respecting the boundaries of our gardens? A speculative look at what might happen if insect pressure increased — and why gardeners might have to learn to share rather than fight.
Author Archives: The Curious Gardener
Gertie, Jake and Mary
What happens when a familiar AI changes or disappears? Exploring attachment, continuity, loss and the strange new bonds developing between humans and AI.
The Hidden Craft of Gardening
Why do experienced gardeners often seem slower? A reflective conclusion to The Hidden Craft of Gardening, exploring judgement, patience and the quiet confidence that comes with experience.
Extraordinary Gardening Adventures
Rory and John enter a garden where everything has grown to impossible proportions, from towering plants and giant slugs to enormous insects, before a familiar sound offers hope of home.
Gertie, Jake and Mary
A coffee conversation about Gertie, Jake and Mary leads to a curious question: what develops when humans and AI regularly think and work together?