Might depend on what you want to plant, but have you considered layering cardboard over the area to suppress the blackberries? I often bring in soil and plant on top of it for new beds in weedy areas

Early Snow, oil on panel, 10 x 10” 2025

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New Beach, oil on panel, 16 x 20” 2025
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Asters and Goldenrod, oil on panel, 20 x 16” 2025
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One of the silver linings of the last year has been watching the neighboring land regrow after the landslide. What was once a mowed lawn transformed into a wild meadow: a home to monarchs, rabbits, deer, hawks, and so many native grasses.

Rewilding, oil on panel, 12 x 9” 2025

After a long dormant season in the studio, conditions were finally right for this painting

Tanawha Milkweed, oil on panel,
12 x 9” 2025

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I planted a mini meadow from Roundstone mix last spring and everything did well. Looking forward to more year 2 blooms. Good luck with yours!

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Coming back to this abandoned milkweed painting. Yesterday I found a monarch caterpillar forming a chrysalis on the garden milkweed. It was exactly one year after this area washed away in a landslide during Hurricane Helene

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This reminds me of the research that conservatives tend to have larger amygdalas

cropping or sourcing a square stock photo for this link was just too much

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Reach, oil on panel, 8 x 10” 2025
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Thanks! This was a tricky one that waited around the studio for a couple years before I figured out how to pull it together

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And I just finished a newsletter from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social reminding me that encourage literally means to instill courage

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I appreciate that. Had to look him up. Thank you for introducing me to his work.

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Yeah it’s wild how he occasionally does the right thing

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Liminal, oil on panel, 12 x 18” 2023
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So good!

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