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The Five Instars of Lowman
By Julia Kraus with AV Arkansas
Images by Arthur Trickett-Wile
You remember the boy planting seeds with the old maids and widow-women, and then a garden of his own, forever, alone but not lonely, not in the botanical scheme of things.
![Larry, with some "Big Uns" and taters (1/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/fbdb59e1-f869-4ebd-8531-2627d06f0681/LL+%281+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry, with some "Big Uns" and taters (1/19)
![His house, seen in the midday sun (2/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/5e8ec5bd-a3a3-4a87-b730-ddcb0ead6528/LL+%282+of+19%29.jpg)
His house, seen in the midday sun (2/19)
![Pea plants, climbing skyward, in the garden (3/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/478ad029-18f2-4410-9494-4f55e008e9e4/LL+%283+of+19%29.jpg)
Pea plants, climbing skyward, in the garden (3/19)
![Larry, breaking out the beans (4/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/6bb3e3b8-2d82-438f-8a86-c3fc66c653e1/LL+%284+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry, breaking out the beans (4/19)
![A stained-glass butterfly, seen from outside his greenhouse at night (5/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/ca88eff1-c848-47d5-9df6-6cecfd53b48a/LL+%285+of+19%29.jpg)
A stained-glass butterfly, seen from outside his greenhouse at night (5/19)
![A spot on some property nearby (6/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/89632056-2bce-45b0-a429-10203d2ea761/LL+%286+of+19%29.jpg)
A spot on some property nearby (6/19)
![Big beans! (7/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/0d8f9bcf-e8f4-491c-9f07-c65b8b1ce477/LL+%287+of+19%29.jpg)
Big beans! (7/19)
![Larry, aiming for a basket (8/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/ac0728ed-8c9e-44d4-a362-a4097b99594a/LL+%288+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry, aiming for a basket (8/19)
![Larry's variety of taters (9/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/19de0daf-fcbc-4eb4-a5cb-c77ef0acb542/LL+%289+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's variety of taters (9/19)
![Hard at work in the field (10/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/95d7d510-a0e1-43d1-982e-f7ffedd6e45a/LL+%2810+of+19%29.jpg)
Hard at work in the field (10/19)
![A stained-glass man in a speedo, seen from outside his greenhouse at night (11/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/d54ae513-ceb1-46af-b79b-c593be46f036/LL+%2811+of+19%29.jpg)
A stained-glass man in a speedo, seen from outside his greenhouse at night (11/19)
![Pickin' beans (12/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/77c0430e-3871-428c-958a-e1325ded0ece/LL+%2812+of+19%29.jpg)
Pickin' beans (12/19)
![Larry's ponytail (13/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/9a074b4e-34c1-4286-b6e1-02b8703c57aa/LL+%2813+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's ponytail (13/19)
![A nearby cave, overlooking a gravel road (14/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/921d6616-c79b-4dee-90b0-aff23ff492c6/LL+%2814+of+19%29.jpg)
A nearby cave, overlooking a gravel road (14/19)
![View from a nearby glade (15/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/1617986585654-EF86WRB3TV94YBT8KE72/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-09%2Bat%2B11.27.12%2BAM.jpg)
View from a nearby glade (15/19)
![Larry's greenhouse, illuminated from within (16/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/94288d6d-d514-4ad4-8011-1e839914e4ab/LL+%2816+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's greenhouse, illuminated from within (16/19)
![Larry's lettuce (17/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/890b2c06-2055-406a-933c-a4045d3195c9/LL+%2817+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's lettuce (17/19)
![Larry's yellow kitchen (18/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/2f58c50d-fbe2-429d-8a1f-b35819b53341/LL+%2818+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's yellow kitchen (18/19)
![Larry's shorts (19/19)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604cd320000a5a4938620605/d93341c7-f634-4a93-8b13-397d9842b55f/LL+%2819+of+19%29.jpg)
Larry's shorts (19/19)