6 Bulbs to Plant Now for Spring
I'll take flowers in any season, but flowers that follow winter always stop me in my tracks. Especially when materializing (as if out of nowhere) from their earthy hibernation.
Perennial shrubs like red flowering currant,...
9 Learnings from the Butterfly Waystation at Portland Head Lighthouse
Somewhere along the way this summer, in between work and travel, I found myself here, at the Portland Head Lighthouse. I was happy to go for a walk, to be out of the car,...
Edible Weeds: Purslane the New, Easy to Grow Superfood
Is it a weed, or a superfood?
Make a little room for purslane to run wild in your garden or plant it with purpose, growing it along with other tender, summer greens. Given ample sun...
Pass The Pistil Giveaway: Gilmour’s Top 5 Watering Tools
Once you’ve had a taste of the right tool for the job, it’s hard to go backwards — especially when it comes to watering. In fact, one of the questions I hear most commonly...
6 Solutions for Successful Container Gardening
Container gardening is often easier and just as rewarding as gardening in the ground. You can focus your attention on just those plants you’ve chosen to grow. Containers tell you where to weed, what...
What’s Growing Now: Alpine Strawberries, Sweet Treat Tomatoes & Ladybugs
It was just last winter when I found this garden. I was out for a run on a nearby trail and there it was -- a set of two, fabulous raised beds, neatly surrounded with...
How to Grow a Small Space Salad Garden
What could be easier than growing salad in a box? It's one of my favorite ways to grow greens, herbs, strawberries, and any other shallow rooted kitchen garden veg -- flowers included.
I've used the...
10 Best Kitchen Garden Herbs
Imagine a garden that elevates everyday living, is a dose of medicine with every bite, and doubles as a pollinator haven. If you grow one thing -- or, in this case, a handful of plants...
How To Grow Rosemary From Cuttings
It's easy to grow rosemary and other plants from cuttings with the simple steps outlined in this video. All you need is a mother plant, or a plant from which to take cuttings, plenty...
How to Grow & Forage: Miner’s Lettuce
Miner’s lettuce is in full swing here in California, especially after a much awaited for rainy winter. It’s growing with a zeal I’ve not seen in years and popping up in places I’d forgotten...
