I want to say that Portland sucks, but I'm sure it's like this in most cities. About a week ago, the city came through and trimmed t...

Conserva Irrigation is installing our drip system this week. We've had a few plant casualties from the trenching and channel drilling b...

I haven't been diligent about blogging about our yard. It has been really quite lovely this spring since we've had so much rain. Thi...

One of our favorite nurseries, Echo Valley Natives , has lost their lease and will be closing at their current location so it gave me an exc...

We are really happy to be vaccinated! Jeff scheduled a BBQ for this past weekend so we spent the last couple of weeks sifting and cleaning t...

Our front planting strip got crushed in February when our neighbors moved in . Many of the plants died, but I've been surprised by the f...

We have really been enjoying our yard this year. Every week there is some new plant to enjoy. Dodecatheon hendersonii / Shooting Star Iris ...

I have really been enjoying all the beautiful plants out in the yard. Flowers started quite early with the Hellebores blooming in winter. H...