Category: growing

  • More look-alike plants: Mallows

    More look-alike plants: Mallows

    We learn something new with every new plant that gets planted. For one, we learn whether it is possible for…

  • Battling an unknown beast

    Battling an unknown beast

    Among the many disappointments of the 2025 growing season, the rhubarb had the life sucked out of it. It fell…

  • Climate Change Up Close & Personal

    Climate Change Up Close & Personal

    I volunteer with the Climate Reality Group, the local park system and a conservation center. It’s part of the plan…

  • “Cuash” leaves

    “Cuash” leaves

    How old were you when you figured out that different plants in the garden have different leaves? I was yesterday…

  • The Lilacs

    The Lilacs

    We love the native plants. Yes we do. In fact, we recently purchased from The Wilderness Center’s Native Plant Sale.…

  • Down for the count (but not out)
  • It’s Grow-Time! Protect Your Plants
  • Uprooted

    Uprooted

    Are you concerned about climate change and the increasing impacts to everyone’s lives? We certainly are. The effects of climate…

  • I would have built a greenhouse

    I would have built a greenhouse

    A few years ago, one of my relatives sent me a snapshot of some jewelry her significant other had purchased…

  • A different way to grow: Tools

    A different way to grow: Tools

    The second webinar in the “A different way to grow” series. This time we talked about tools. Not just the…