Planning and planting typically keeps my mind on the garden even in winter. As I have learned, it can take years and years for a garden to really come into it’s own. The process I chose for my home garden was drawing out a planting plan for the trees, large shrubs and structures. As time [...]
Problem Solver: Evergreen Huckleberry
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: design · food forest · plants
Problem Solver: Salal
January 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Salal is one of those Northwest natives that I have often heard people talk, but have never been familiar with it myself. In my Plants class this term, we are studying evergreen trees, shrubs and ground covers. We learned all about Salal this week and it is really a fantastic problem-solver in the garden.
The botanical [...]
Plants Class
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments
No matter what we do for our day job, I think it’s safe to assume we are “plant people”. We get fascinated watching bugs, good or bad, climb through our gardens. Every season brings something breath-taking: crisp spring flowers, wavy summer leaves, brilliant fall colors, and the simple lines of winter branches.
I am currently taking [...]
Divide and Conquer
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s been quite rainy here in Portland, but I can’t pass up the opportunity to capitalize on frugality in the garden. This is one of the best times of the year to get something for nothing - or, in other words, dividing perennials. And we all know how I love free!
The upper layers of my [...]
Tags: food forest · frugal · plants
May Plantings
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
A big highlight from this weekend was spending the day with my sweet nephew, Evan, on Saturday. Evan, Jay and I all went to check out Renn Fayre, which is an annual student celebration/party that happens every spring on the Reed College campus. The students build crazy tents, sculptures, etc and spend the weekend hanging [...]