Collected seasonal Christmas arrangements
Everyone is decorating the halls, cutting green branches from their property and using them to decorate. Foraging is the modern way of…
Homemade gifts for bird lovers
Bird seed ornaments Crossing off several names on my Christmas list this year, I was left with a bird lover/watcher who I knew would…
Handcrafted Fresh To Your Home at McLean Nursery
McLean Nursery is getting ready for a great Christmas decorating season! Hundreds of fluffy festive bows hang from the workshop ceiling and…
Thanksgiving Centerpiece of Gourds and Pumpkins
Thanksgiving dinners require a WOW centerpiece to accompany the cornucopia of food. I recently attended a floral design class with Jane…
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.…
10 fun plants to grow in your garden
The front yard has come a long way in just two years! I’ve had a great time trying new plants and seeing what works in my sunny, dry in…