“I looked out of the window at the neglected and overgrown bushes. Lavender, and was that rosemary? And were the others all herbs? I realized that I had lan...
“I’m afraid I have a real challenge ahead for you. A nearby farmer is readying his fields to plant winter crops, mainly onion sets, but also cabbages and be...
Editor’s note:
This is one in a series of stories about women gardeners in the Rogue Valley.
“It is hard to open yourself up to new experiences if y...
“When we sow a seed, we plant a narrative of future possibility. It is an action of hope. Not all the seeds we sow will germinate, but there is a sense of s...
Fall is a time to enjoy the harvest of summer, but don’t hang up your trowel and pull off your gloves just yet — September through November is the best time to ...
“I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia,...
“I want to explore the ways this field is a more viable and creative career path for women than ever before and how the plant-work world is demonstrating gr...
“Perhaps if we write well enough about our endangered coasts and forests, deserts and streams, marshes and mountain lakes, we might see the world clearly en...
“We hiked in baked-potato-hot, ankle-deep ash that blew eerily in the wind like shed snakeskins to finish off dying wildfires by stirring and cooling the mo...
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
— Marcel Proust, “Pleasures and Regrets,...
“I found myself dreaming of vegetables so shiny and beautiful they could only be Hollywood vegetables, professional vegetables with agents. I stood in my pictur...
“It was surprisingly noisy in the botanical garden. Birds were yelling their heads off, bees were buzzing around in bee fashion, and butterflies were flappi...
“The word ‘cultivar’ (short for ‘cultivated variety’) entered the English language in 1923. It applies to plants selected or bred for their desirable traits...
“Four essential physical factors affect how successful your garden will be: temperature, soil, light and water. … Considering these factors from the beginni...
“Cultivating indigenous microorganisms is an exciting and effective method to capture soil microbes and introduce them into the growing area.”
— Nigel...
"It's time to prioritize and select a specific number of each type of plants to invite as guests into your garden each season of the year based on your food...
