Grow What You Love: Napa Valley Olive Harvest
When my friend Julie first invited us to her home away from home for olive picking I was immediately inspired with visions of bucket...
Inside Ricky’s Flower Market
Don’t you love life’s unexpected moments? The ones that are eye opening and leave you feeling as if you happened upon a treasure? This...
Swanton Berry Farm Store – The Fresh Side Up
It doesn't look like much from the outside but when you walk into the Swanton Berry Farm store it's a wonderful shock to the...
Nutwalk at Sissinghurst
It was this stand of Kentish cobnuts (a type of hazelnut) and an old, determined rose found buried under brambles in the orchard at...
Pacific Northwest Flower Revivial
It was a grey, rainy weekend in October when I stumbled upon this West Seattle farmer's market. It was honestly mind boggling to think of...
10 Benefits of Trees & More
I love the idea that trees and the value of trees can be quantified through scientific study. That trees are not only a carbon...
Green Gulch Flower Gardens
It's easy to get busy. Between work, chores, groceries, children or simply opening mail there is often not much time left over. Especially when...
Serendipitous Gardening
The oddest thing happened. I was on a perfectly lovely trail run near the headlands when bits of partially eaten plants and plant parts...
Forest Man | One Tree at a Time
This is a film worth watching and a life worth following. Forest Man tells the story of Jadav Payeng and the 1,360 acre forest...
5 Learnings From the Good Shepherd P-Patch
It was around this time last year that I hopped on a plane to Seattle and had the fortune to visit the Good Shepherd...
Five Reasons to go to a you-pick Blueberry Farm
The next best thing to growing your own blueberries is a you-pick blueberry farm. Here are five reasons to give it a try:
1. Try...
Cosmic Launch
We're making the plunge. Moving "off the hill" to the San Francisco Bay Area. Most folks in the Lake Tahoe area wonder why we...
Unexpected Present
This stem cutting of Lepechinia calycina, also known as Pitcher Sage, is one of my first. Or I should say, one of my first...
Pistil Passing at Annie’s
I checked out Annie's Annuals website before making the journey to her Richmond, CA nursery. One of the first bits to pop off her...
Grow What You Love: The High Line, NYC
A couple short weeks ago I paid a visit to New York City, which also meant an afternoon of wandering the High Line. If...
Fetid Surprise
The leaves of Fetid Adder's Tongue, Scoliopus bigelovii, pop out like a beacon below the shaded cover of redwood forest canopy. Just last week,...
Grow What You Love: Lake Erie Summer Garden
There's an endearing little community on the shores of Lake Erie, hidden by miles of farm fields and far from the beaten track of...
Small Good Things: Toyon & Mistletoe
It was a perfect December day for a walk. The sun was out, the day in front of us, and we were ready for...
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
We were on holiday in the UK this very month last year visiting friends. There wasn't much time to research points of interest before...
Think Like a Native
It takes a certain amount of street smarts to think like a native. Confidence, adaptability and the right flavorful pizazz help too. But what...
