For the Birds
Photo courtesy of Karen Rake A dear friend (and Random Acts of Gardening reader) shared these thoughts and photos with me. Testimony that we shouldn’t be too quick to tidy […]
Photo courtesy of Karen Rake A dear friend (and Random Acts of Gardening reader) shared these thoughts and photos with me. Testimony that we shouldn’t be too quick to tidy […]
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’Photo courtesy of HortMag.com “Arctostaphylos is the ultimate shrub of the west,” declared Paul Bonin, co-owner of wholesale nursery Xera Plants, at an early November […]
Ann Murphy (left), editor of RAG, and Whitney Rideout (aka Gardennia nutii) at a Farmington Gardens gardening workshop. By Gardennia nutiiI moved to Oregon 15 years ago to take a […]
A 2010 Yard, Garden & Patio visitor recently sent us a note of praise for Proven Winner’s ‘Snow Princess’™ Alyssum. Here’s what she had to say: Photo courtesy ofProven Winners […]
Steve Schmidt (left) and novice mushroom seekers Ann Murphy (RAG writer and editor) and Jim Wrathall. The Oregon Association of Nurseries is offering Random Acts of Gardening (RAG) readers a […]
Eventually, I need to redesign my small front yard. A large silver maple dominates the space, both in terms of its size and the prevalence of its roots. It is […]
We all know it wasn’t a very good year in the Northwest for heat-loving fruits and vegetables, particularly the tomato. I made my way over to my community garden plot […]
By Gardennia nutii Most gardeners know that while spring is the most enticing time to plant, fall is the ideal time because cool weather and rain give plants time to […]
Many plants are still looking great in my garden. Because fall is my favorite season, I have selected many plants that peak in autumn. I thought I would share a […]
Macaroni and cheese comes to mind when I think of comfort food. For some reason, when I walked past this amber chrysanthemum on a morning walk with Barney, my adorable […]