I made a dragonfly pond!
At the end of August 2021, I installed a different type of garden: a water garden. I dug a hole in my backyard. It was six feet long, four and…
Welcoming mud wasps to the garden
Are mud painting wasps dangerous? At all!When I started making my garden more wildlife-friendly a couple of years ago, I never dreamed that…
The apple tree next door
It’s mid-May and I’m working in my garden when I hear voices coming from my neighbor’s apple tree. Looking over the fence, I…
My $589 tree | The best gardening blog in the world
When Friends of Trees, Portland’s nonprofit tree-planting group, came to my neighborhood in 2017, I got a beautiful street tree for $35.…