That's how my daughter always gets me when I'm waffling on a plant purchase: "It's such a good plant for tucking in." The happy news--she's never steered me wrong, on anything. When Megan started her Nestmaker Blog, my interest in plants exploded. How did she know...
Last week I shared photos from a visit to Sebright Gardens, this week we venture on to Dancing Oaks Nursery in Monmouth, Oregon. For those who live in Portland Dancing Oaks is a bit of a destination nursery -- about an hour and a half south of town. It's a beautiful...
Every time I take the drive south from Portland on Interstate 5, I'm reminded in living technicolor, that I really do live in the Willamette Valley. You see vast stretches of pastureland, mountains, sheep with requisite guard Llama--and a veritable menagerie of birds....
Oh, October. So dreamy, with the leaves all ablaze. And over much too quickly. If there's one month where I'd like to press pause and enjoy it a little longer, it's October. Second best to being able to freeze time is planting more of this stuff at home, so there's...