If you’re a new gardener, welcome to the wild and wonderful world of dirt, sunlight, and the occasional slug. It might feel overwhelming at first—especially when people start tossing around terms like “soil composition” or “growing zones” like you’re supposed to know what that means. One minute you’re thinking, Hey, I kept a bean plant alive in second grade, and…
Let’s talk about my yard: I love my home—but gardening here? That’s a different story. My house sits on the top of a hill (great for flood insurance, not great for carrots), and the entire yard is a mix of grass and moss. And when I say moss, I mean the kind that laughs at your dreams of tomatoes. But…
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…