When you first get interested in gardening, it can be a bit overwhelming. Most people remember growing some sort of bean plant in grade school in a little cup. As an adult, you see other people’s gardens and think, I grew that bean plant in elementary school, why not a garden? And then people start talking about growing seasons and…
Although I love my house, it’s built on the top of a hill. Great for flood protection; not so great for gardening. And the entire yard is grass and moss (so much moss, so much sadness). Also, not great for gardening. The best option is to build a raised garden bed and terrace them on the slope. It’s a lot…
This past week, we’ve been on Spring Break. I’ve been watching Facebook posts of all our friends traveling to warm places or cruises. While I love warm places, I haven’t had a single incident of FOMO. Instead, I’ve been catching up with everything that’s been put off outside because of nearly a month a rain. We had a storm system…
If you live in the Pacific Northwest, one of the things you have to deal with is blackberry bushes. I have to fight on a weekly basis to remove blackberry bushes from my yard. They are insidious! The vines lurk under the soil of the yard and spring up where you least expect it and will take any opportunity to…