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Fearless Gardening, in the flesh...
Our doorbell rang around 11:30 yesterday morning, I got to the door in time to see UPS pulling away. There was a small package on the doorstep, addressed to me, from Workman Publishing (the parent...
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Opuntia ahoy—and more
I keep a running list of drive-by gardens, ones friends tell me I should check out. It took me awhile to get around to visiting this one. In fact I kind of forgot what exactly it was that made it a...
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Taco Time agaves...
In this year without anything resembling normalcy, Andrew and I have—like most people—really missed our vacation getaways. We vacation well together, whether it's a quick trip to Seattle or an...
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Garden maintained by gnomes...
I spotted this roadside garden after I left Swansons Nursery and headed towards I-5 for the drive home from Seattle to Portland. There was a back-up on my normal route, so I started cutting through...
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Wednesday Vignette; mama needs a greenhouse
My friend Denise, mother of one and casual plant enthusiast (we worked together back at my last office job), fell hard for a few less-than hardy plants over the summertime. When the temperatures fell...
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Visiting the Bellevue Botanical Garden, Part One
The weather was a big reason I took off for my my 2-day getaway to the Seattle area—back in early October—when I did, after all being outside was the goal (not just because I love it, but because of...
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Visiting the Bellevue Botanical Garden, Part Two
Today we pick back up with our visit to the Bellevue Botanical Garden as we're walking into the famed perennial border...The Datisca cannabina (aka false hemp) is always a show-stopper for me. That's...
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November Bloomday, are there any flowers out there?
Flowers? We don't need no stinkin flowers!As I went out to photograph flowers to share on November's Garden Blogger's Bloomday (hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens), I kept hearing my husband quoting...
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Images from a quick Columbia River Gorge getaway...
I snapped a lot of photos when Andrew and I hit the road last month, I think a few of them are worth sharing here.Our first stop was along the east fork of the Hood River, after travelling around the...
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Wednesday Vignette, flatlay fail
When you're good at something you naturally make it look easy. When you're not, well, then there's this.Inspired by the many stunning flatlay images Dan Carlson posts to his Instagram account, I...
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My front garden, tour 2020
It's time for my annual garden tour. Every year I take photos at the end of summer and post them here on the blog. This tradition is hugely valuable for me, as I get an annual record of what the garden...
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My back garden, tour 2020
Yesterday we stopped the garden tour right in front of the gate to the back garden. Today we walk through the gate and look to our right, at the area along the back of the house.This used to be home to...
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Exploring the contradiction: WWTT and being Fearless
Today I want to talk about the many WWTT (what were they thinking) posts I’ve done here on the blog, and how the premise of WWTT may seem to contradict the subject of my book, Fearless Gardening. The...
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Wells Medina, because I had a few extra minutes
One last post from my October trip north to the Seattle area. I ended up with a few open minutes after the Bellevue Botanical Garden, so I hit nearby Wells Medina Nursery.She found her special...
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Wednesday Vignette, wanted
 I thought this was an interesting campaign against a couple of local offenders...The sign was spotted where we parked at the head of the Hood River Penstock Flume Pipeline Trail. Of course the...
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It's Thanksgiving in America
Oh what a strange holiday in a strange year. I'm going to forgo the acknowledgement of the (overdue) awakening of the less than grand aspects of the history of this day, and just focus on the thankful...
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia, with spots
The leaves have all fallen now, but before they did I really enjoyed these strange chartreuse polkadots on the colored-up Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) leaves...I think this may have...
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Mail-order plants from Far Reaches Farm, in November!
On November 11th I watched an NHS presentation by Kelly Dodson & Sue Milliken of Far Reaches Farm on a collecting trip they did to Argentina last spring. One week later, on November 18th I was the...
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Christine and Jim Mitchell's garden, 2020 Version
I received an email from Christine with the tantalizing subject line:Â Pups to give away. Now I know Christine's a dog-lover, but it just didn't seem in character for her to be giving away puppies. That...
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Wednesday Vignette, circular
I stopped to admire the very defined growth rings on this piece of wood found river-side. It had me thinking of a highly stylized single-burner electric cook top. You know, if one just happened to be...
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