Basil: an herb worthy of a king

Basil has always been a favorite of mine. It’s gentle yet enticing and earthy aroma always reminds me of family and friends gathered around the table sharing stories over a good meal.  Basil is so versatile and easy to grow, that along with chives, thyme, sage, rosemary, and cilantro, it has become my go-to herb…

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Artichokes got heart

January is the perfect time to plant artichokes, a vegetable with a heart full of goodness. There are more than a dozen tasty and healthy reasons to grow them, and luckily for us,

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Dormancy: a ballad of hope

Pulling some favorite poetry books and mystery novels off the shelf, I realized that the seasonal process of drawing inward had already begun without even really noticing. As colder weather approaches, we begin a healing and reinvigorating process that will last through the winter months and that expresses itself

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Stewarding Your First Garden

I love Portland for its bastion of dedicated gardeners, green thumb heretics, and impassioned seed savers. For the pollinator habitats, rain gardens, and sheet mulching hacks happening on every corner. Though, for first-time gardeners,

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Shifting miracles

Perhaps it’s an inevitable cliché —starting your gardening blog by talking about the weather. But, as a season moves in, a season moves out, and with it, we gardeners witness these interrelated, shifting miracles:

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