性質宜沙地， 栽培屬夏畦。 熟登甘似竽， 生薦脆如梨。 老病消凝滯， 奇功直品題。 故園長尺許， 靑葉更堪韲。 By nature, it loves sandy soil, And grows best in summer furrows. Served cooked, it’s sweet like a taro, Offered raw, it’s crispy as a pear. For the old and infirm, it clears stagnation,[1] A marvellous virtue, well worthy of praise. In my old garden, it grows about a foot, With tender greens fit for pickling. * From Xu Youren 許有壬, Guitang xiaogao 圭塘小藁, Yingyin Wenyuange Siku quanshu 景印文淵閣四庫全書 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji ch

A display of the lingering spring.

A backyard treat, only for a very limited period.

One more reason to grow ginger.

Album leaf by Li Shizhuo 李世倬 (1687-1770), with an inscription by Liang Shizheng 梁詩正 (1697-1763)

A tale from the Liexian zhuan 列仙傳.

An account from the Dongpo zhilin 東坡志林.

A visual delight in April.

A scholar's gardening.

Spring colours.

On the new season.

To the Year of the Horse.

A poetic rendering of a failed attempt to visit a Buddhist master.

To my new neighbours after the rain.