Gifts for Gardeners
As I write this, there’s still a week and a day before December arrives. Has this year flown by as quickly for you as it has for me? It’s the […]
As I write this, there’s still a week and a day before December arrives. Has this year flown by as quickly for you as it has for me? It’s the […]
There’s still a lot to see in the garden at this time of year. Many of us are a little burned out with all the gardening we’ve been doing since […]
Our Random Acts of Gardening mushroom adventure (see the November 1 post) converted seven gardeners into mushroom explorers. Steve Schmidt, Sustainable Consulting LLC, started us with a lesson in using […]
Larry Arendt, owner of Arendt’s Christmas Tree Farm, planted noble and Frasier firs a few years back as part of his retirement strategy. He decided he wanted to let the […]
Gardening —and nature—is miraculous and magical. We had our first hard frost Sunday morning turning brown leaves and blades of grass into works of art. I LOVE sparkly things (maybe […]
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 […]