Travelers between Calais and Paris must surely have noticed the lumps and clumps darkening like magpies' nests the many neglected-looking strips of trees along the railway line in the North of France.  Perhaps the neglect is deliberate; perhaps they pay a good dividend. -Vita Sackville-West A Joy of Gardening; 1958 The one and only catalpa … Continue reading Under The Catalpa Tree…