Gardening Related

Glamping, teas, basil, freezing produce, the benefits of trees, roses.

Medicine woman, seedpods, infusions, banana water, compost, pruning raspberries

Rain water, dead heading, enjoying your garden, calming your soul, garden snacks right in your mouth, what the heart needs, gardening is not about being perfect, space for native habitats, throw in some seeds, summer garden.

Magic creatures of the soil, chickens, circle of life, wisteria, roses, rabbits, snails, puppy dog tales, stressing plants.

Everything's blooming, climate change, tulips, educating the young, carrots, smoking hot tangents.

Cancun, Berms, Swales, 2nd Seedings, Tomatoes, Water, Gov. Newsom, Groundhog

Tools, overwhelm, lemons, roses, weeding.

Zones, Glumps, Layering, Scale & The Overwhelm Season. Lemon tree and seed updates. Encouragement. Love.

Handling errant squirrels, shade garden planting suggestions, 3D planting, newspaper pots, germination, planning your vegetable garden, garden books.

Chickens in the snow, plant during the waxing moon, soil, seeds, lemons, perfection, fertilizers, the God of Dirt.

Snow, sharing seeds, indoor greenhouse, trees, shears, numerology, spirituality of growing things and love.

When gardeners dream, petunias, seeds, dang it, daffodils, it's a flower, licking God's hand, shovels, garden literature & how to..., plants that I have killed.

Poisonous plants, how not to kill people, foraging, poinsettia, mushrooms, Angel of Death, plants that are poisonous for pets, grapes, poke weed, inklings, historical heritage food, onions, asparagus, apples seeds contain cyanide, balance between light and dark, nightshade, history of tomatoes, potatoes, cashews, St. John’s Wort, foxgloves, digitalis, oleander, hemlock, don’t tick off your psychic or your gardener, raw beans, biodiversity, lost knowledge, nutmeg, delphiniums, hairy vetch, tor...

Barefoot hiking, slowing down, leaves, rain finally coming to Oregon, transplanting houseplants, tuberous begonias, funny furry funky tubers awry, lion statues, we’re making this happen, looking like a murderer, putting the garden away for the year, hairy vetch, green manure, great worms, tillage radish, tilth without tillage, cow parsley, birdseed, pansies, ornamental cabbage, kale, squashes, spinach, lettuce, tools, white vinegar, chlorophyll, true crime gardening podcast, roses, tulips, pe...

I miss you like a ton of bricks, minestrone soup, beans, fresh green beans, relish for Navy Bean Soup, entourage, dragon seeds, natives are it, lupus, alliums, penstemons, dicentra, yarrow, camassia, spirea, red twig dogwood, arborvitae, protea, bluefoot, diversity, elderberry, birds, oaks trees, acorns, they live on the weather that’s there, godetia, azalea, let the land tell you how it wants to be designed, plant bird seed, one of the reasons you want birds…, mugwort, filipendula, Queen Ann...

Doin’ good, rainy season starting, tomatoes, plastic heat wrap, gender identity issue with chickens, lawn dinosaurs, Lewis laying eggs, chicken talk, fresh eggs, blonde moment, it’s fall, leaf mold, I just looked this up so I’m really really smart for today, soil is it, as leaves decompose they feed back the very tree with its own leaves, you can just Google it, who figured that out?, mums, tulips, daffodils, soil test kit, azaleas, lilac, gladiolas, so enjoying the show, staking, digging up ...

We’re in the middle of a harvest, gather your tomatoes, hang them upside down, nibble your carrot like a corncob, sun gold tomato sauce, lettuce, spinach, pansies, mums, asters, nasturtiums, so proud of my dahlias, mystery bulbs, gladiolus, cosmos, I’ve never known that life, secrets in the age of Instagram, fingernails, hands in the dirt, planting bulbs, daffodils, impression tulips, the earlier the tulip - the shorter the stem, roses, campanula, hardy geraniums, crocuses make me so happy, p...

I’m tired old Aunt Rebecca in Oregon, it’s been hot and dry all over the world, putting the garden to bed is sad, next year I’ll do this better, I can list all the many things I’ve done wrong, winter is a time when all of nature needs to rest, I’m going to try to talk myself into this, mums, tomatoes, my cucumbers are growing in balls, bean store, they’re awkward, umbrella, Italian Bean Salad, Green Bean Salad w/red onions, I have to brag Kale Salad, hold onto your butts everyone, dandelions,...

It’s been an unusually hot summer for everyone, hallucinating chickens, we all have to look after each other, that’s a great big hunk of humanity, life outweighs getting to the next showing on time, getting a little bit chillier in mid to late September, rip up your tomato plants and hang them in the garage, and why would I do that?, get over the guilt of not starting earlier, Forrest is freaking out that the house is becoming less house and more jungle, we need to talk about gardening husban...

We’re both hot, it is sweltering, San Francisco, Hawaii, Land of Houseplants, fichus, snake plants, mother-in-law’s tongue, misting, lemon tree, citrus fertilizer Meyer lemon, Ireland, no no no, I bought it in Ireland, The Gap of Dunloe, Connemara, moss rock walls, body positivity, wildflowers, calla lilies the size of my head, killer foxgloves, azaleas, you can grow moss yourself, creating my own Irish garden, if the ground hog doesn’t lick if off, tomatoes, mozzarella & basil, I don’t h...

Starting to get hot and muggy, coldest wettest spring since 2010, why are we here?, once every 12 years the rains come…, it reminds me of what England must be all year long, Flanders and Swann, talking about berries, raspberries, blackberries, they were scary, there’s no plan, golden raspberries, feed ‘em, strawberries, the more you pick the more they grow, runners, I forbid Forrest, transplant, my dream is to have a fresh strawberry pie, suckers have 3 years until retirement, vertical garden...

Hot Hot, your tomatoes are going to rock, mushy tomatoes, abused tomatoes, they like to be stressed, squeeze squeeze sqeeze, shading plants, Addicted To Gardening, what are you having for dinner?, bunch of old people, watch it!, family family, eat it while you can, how do you know snap peas are ready?, felt like a cow chewing cud, grilled zucchini, spaghetti with oil and garlic, ummm yum, there can never be too much garlic, you’re sounding pretty fancy, love leftovers so much, zucchilini, zuc...

Allergies, wet Oregon, rain is a good thing, it’s delicious, New York thunderstorms, I would stand there and moan, seasons as time management, learn how to commit again, go appreciate your people…people, hacking at my Japanese knotweed, hori hori, Russian psychic, bent trowels, 1 piece tools, baby groundhogs, Roundup talk, I am dandelion’s sole sponsor and supporter, blackberry, Crossbow, Hercules fighting the Hydra, Dollar Store, poison cone, nutsedge, it comes back like a mother, Sedgehamme...

Canby cool weather, roses have popped, knock-out roses, you can take a chainsaw to them, East Coast hot, poor Forrest, Flonase or Claritin, sponsor us, clover lawn, committed to dandelions, the trouble with clover, borders, hedging, edging, ditch method, I call that Hell, put it on a tarp, like Marley’s ghost with chains I drag it with me, we’ll eat it next year, edging is part of mowing but both our husbands don’t seem to get that, technology is a beautiful thing, boxwoods, if you’re going t...

So hot there huh, bean leaves the size of my hand, adult kiddie pool, our overwhelm is hitting now, pollen count suddenly thru the roof, while you weren’t looking everything came up, sharpen your shovel, regardless of the disasters you have to pass, a little scary, secrets to weeding, wheelies, flower garden in, lilies, dahlias, peony, alyssum, dill, we planted thickly, liter, rude signs, bucket full of tools, the disorganized brain, I have a confession: I like dandelions, no mow May, dead ne...

Summer in Spring, hard on seeds, manufacturing shade, working from home, spoiled chickens, Louisa May is growing a mohawk, it’s a vibe, 6 eggs a day, poppy seeds, geraniums, bring in over winter, whitefly, leaf eating worms, nature can be mean, that’s a weird hack, Neem Oil, it’s a process, indoor plant stakes, Lowe’s, Home Depot, petunias, oooh big turkey vulture, tightly gardened beds, are you a weed or are you a flower?, impatiens, reverse google search, this is going to be fun to watch, m...

Cold and rainy/full-fledged Spring, did you cover your plants?, peas and radishes sprouting, excellent!, then of course it snows, it’s better than turning your underwear inside out and dancing with the freezer open, oh, aren’t you funny, garlic, when the soil heats up the seeds start to germinate, very exciting!, I’ve been having this fear, oh Honey, I was at the store picking up vegetable starts, I have never ever ever heard, let’s talk moon phases, that’s amazing, druidically speaking...

Rain and snow, covering seedlings, heatlamp warmth, fuhgiddaboudit, chicken coop hero, don’t go there, swanky, raised in a farm town in Missouri, weather, Chinese Easter, Filbert’s, pig-out, window boxes, Lowe’s, pansies, bacoba, lobelia, petunia, forget-me-nots, sweet potato, soil, lettuce, arrowhead, pothos, tuberous begonia, oooh, vibrant, window boxes on side-streets of Albany, the carpenter activated, yeah yeah!, absolutely, basil, honking big window box, cilantro, parsley, cooked hosta,...

Houses, climate change, planting onions, braiding, my mother’s birthday, Landrum dinner, cake, Mary Berry, Is It Cake?, cake consciousness, onion strategies, roses & aphids, Oh My God!, garlic, rule of thumb for bulbs, cloves into flowers, chickens, coop building, eggs, water glassing, chicken names, Law of Abundance, Amy Bell Olatunji, cantaloupe seed, allium, growing all types of things, companion planting, roses and campanula, Mother Nature, patience & tolerance & respect, myst...

I’m so jealous, puts me in a funk, Whoa!!!, it’s Spring, if it snows I have to…, tomato bed cleared, seedlings with 4 leaves, such a proud Mama, grow lights, aluminum foil, domes, eucalyptus seeds up, wood chuck groundhog, squirrel brains, 9000 nuts, pruning roses, band-aids, Neosporin, bugging Forrest, hoses, faucet dividers, timers, Tika, Emily Post, Flora, sharpening stone, Felcos, Clorox wipes, garden basket, bucket, crocuses still blooming, daffodils, saucer magnolia, growth is fascinati...

Misty/chilly/drizzley perfect weather for seeds, blossoming daffodils and plum trees, east coast cold, bemoaned crocuses now up, garden journal, Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth's daffs just poking up, exciting to not know, birthday!, universe aligning, Gardening Expo, 6 chickens, Forrest is going to build a coop, Mr. Groundhog, fence around veggies, spin-off, replant lettuce, peppers popped, neonatal leaves, leggy tomatoes, planting tomatoes deep, grow lights, annuals and perennials, trees are th...

Not Oregon weather, Oregon Trail, seed starting kit, dome frying, HELP, Mr. Bill, heat pad, tomato orchard sprouting, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Big Beef Hybrid, Honey Drop, organic seeds, succulents, daffodils, sprouting plants, rolling papers, Chelsea Flower Show, Lupin Man, fail magnificently, perfect 200, Giverny, talking to myself, Yeah Me, not looking at all the weeds, compost, crunching eggshells in, hip catch booty bump, plant ghosts, compost ingredients, pitchfork, hardware cloth, black ...

Poppy seed planting, cat paws, Annie's Annuals, poppy seed bagels, Seinfeld, layering, succession planting, 10 seasons, dahlias, confessions, seed popping updates, please...please..., tomatoes & basil & marigolds up, berry containers, bi-annuals, save your seeds, parsley, cilantro, dill, Christopher Lloyd, fennel, next level gardening, Great Dixter, bulbs, chunky chunky groundhog, cats (Tika & Flora), dogs (Pi & Chester), tunnel analysis, wild kingdom, raised bed progress, pon...

Newspaper weed control, Peas, Season Extenders, Walls o' Water, Plant Zones, Lilacs, Peonies, Tulips, Broccoli, Remay, Hoop Tents, Starting Seeds, Heat Mats, Peppers, Gobsmacked, Marigolds, Basil, Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, Bad Plant Parenting, Egg Cartons, Eucalyptus, Helen Dillon, Buying Seeds For Other Zones, Trays, Forrest, Seeding Lettuce, Transplanting Seedlings, Long Winters, Agricultural Lime, Ash, Soil Test Kit, Manure, Roses, Epson Salt, Overwhelm, Magic, Dinner, Bacon. gardeningelated....

Whoo!, snow in Oregon, 02-22-2022, details count, take pictures, vision, plans, plant what makes your soul sing, create beauty where I look, pictures from 10 years ago, could I really have that?, so grateful, self-care, seeds, space to grow, assume you are going to be highly successful, divide seeds into seasons, peas, kale, lettuce, marigolds protect for slugs & snails, space between bigger than planting area, picture your garden to be from above, broccoli, cut and come again, basil with...