The Naming

Here's another small bit from my latest manuscript-- Sleep, Creep, Leap: The First Three Years of a Nebraska Garden . What will my wife say? I'll let you know after dinner.





My wife and I are walking the garden after lunch. She comments on how thick everything is, especially in contrast to the picture I emailed her that morning, which showed the garden sprouting in April. After the annual cut down in March, the place is a moonscape—you could play a football game here unimpeded by any plant, ex...