Rewild the Spaces Closest to Home with Regenerative Gardening
When we rewild the spaces closest to home with the restorative practices of regenerative gardening, we set off a net positive chain reaction fueled...
Get Growing– My Interview with Kate Hanley
I recently had the pleasure of joining Kate Hanley on her podcast, How to Be a Better Person, to chat about what we as...
Pay it Forward with Radical Acts of Kindness
It's not a typo. I did in fact use the word radical instead of random. Radical acts of kindness are a real thing.
Radical...
What’s Your Mantra?
Mantras come and go while others stick. What’s your mantra?
When I began writing Pass The Pistil I was filled with ideas — ideas spurned...
Grow What You Love Book Trailer
The Grow What You Love book trailer is just a small taste of what's in store for readers and anyone looking for simple ways...
Personal Notes on Goal-Setting (& other everyday magic)
What's your goal-setting process?
Does the new year mean a new you? Possibly. But I think we’ve been thinking about the business of goal-setting (aka...
Sneak Peek at the Grow What You Love Book! Releasing March 2018
Many of you may know that I’ve been squirreled away this past year writing my first book!
The title of the book is Grow What...
Snap Shots from Community Garden Plot 31b
The story behind these photos begins some two years ago or more. It starts around the time when I found myself stepping away from...
Random Acts of Flowers: Learnings From the SF Flower Show
There are 3 things that jump out at me when reading the line-up for the coming San Francisco Flower & Garden Show.
Make & Take...
A Year for Love & Book Making
It's been 7 years since I began writing and capturing images for Pass The Pistil. When I started, I wasn't sure where it would...
Grow What You Love with BigTruck
When I went searching for an apparel company to match my own work and message, I immediately looked to bigtruck. They’re a self-described “fun...
Community Squeeze: 5 Key Takeaways From Gleaning & Food Making
Fall comes and I'm reminded my garden is far bigger than the confines of the backyard.
In fall, apple trees, figs, persimmons, and fall...
Community Squeeze: 1st Annual Community Cider Pressing
Do you have an apple tree?
If not, your neighbor may have an apple tree, or maybe there's one down the way near the community park?...
Show Me Your #GrowWhatYouLove
What do you love to grow?
A recent visit to New York City reminded me that, while we may live far and wide, we all...
The Gift of Trees
It's no mystery that, as people, we're compelled by trees or that, as children, we're obliged to climb them. You could say it's part...
Gifts for Gardeners
Whether homemade, reclaimed or store bought gift giving is personal and is, at its core, a wish for someone’s happiness — no matter the...
Cider Making with City Fruit: What if every town had a community orchard?
Is this a memo from the universe? I returned home from a fabulous research trip to Seattle when a friend sent this photo via...
Baylor Chapman & Lila B. Design
Some of the most forward thinking living arrangements are the handiwork of Baylor Chapman, author of The Plant Recipe Book. I happened upon her...
Grow What You Love and Pass It On
In gardening, as in life, I say, GROW WHAT YOU LOVE. Find the things that make you happy and grow them. Lots of them. If I...
What’s Trending | More Than a Farmer’s Market
I'd like to think every town across the county has a farmer's market to shake things up at least once a week -- seasons...
