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On being a beginning gardener (for the third time)

my garden

On being a beginning gardener (for the third time)

A short history of my 4 gardens, across 20 years and 3 climates.

19 Aug 2025
Q for You: What do you garden for?

my garden

Q for You: What do you garden for?

There’s no right or wrong answer!

15 Aug 2025
Dura-Heat birch tree with various Thuja and Juniper evergreens in freshly planted garden bed

my garden

Let’s get this garden started

Ok, the back story. Literally.

lock-1 12 Aug 2025
Eastern purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea ‘Ruby Star’

links

Linking About: Mimicking nature, dimming lights, and following the foxes

5 things that have caught my attention lately

08 Aug 2025
Hardback copy of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer on a worn wooden tabletop

books

Book Shelf: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

This small book about a culture of reciprocity and abundance is more conversation-starter than road map — but it’s a vital conversation.

05 Aug 2025
Carport converted to a covered porch with hanging chairs and ferns

my garden

It’s a carport, it’s a porch — it’s the carporch

When the carport is the only place to sit in the shade, you dust off your chairs and make it work!

lock-1 28 Jul 2025
Oakleaf hydrangea ‘Alice’ just starting to form a bloom

my garden

Snapshot: The little oakleaf that could

Valiant heroine, late bloomer, or both?

25 Jul 2025
Heaven is a forest: An intro

my garden

Heaven is a forest: An intro

Embarking on a years-long attempt to transform a bare rectangle of turf grass into a shady oasis.

24 Jul 2025
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future tiny forest

Transforming a bald patch of grass into a shady oasis, and other garden-related pursuits

future tiny forest
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