We're having an unusually sunny spring and the front garden is really appreciating it. Even though the cannas are just starting to poke ...

I didn't really know what I was doing when I built the rain garden in the backyard . For starters, it's comically large. When I do s...

Hey Portlanders! If you've ever been interested in building a rain garden on your property, now's your chance! There will be a ...

Guys, I'm so sick of watering the garden. I'm sick of sunshine and warm weather and the hard rocky soil that prevents me from puttin...

When I built the rain garden out front I only intended to use rocks right where the water was entering it, to prevent erosion. I had used e...

Because I had AC installed and I put tomatoes in the ground, it rained a lot this week. We got a break yesterday afternoon so I decided I w...

So I dug the hole, I planted the plants. I met a LOT of my neighbors. Working in your front yard is totally different than working in the ba...

My sister-in-law and I chatted recently about how we've both been reluctant to put Oregon grape in our yards. I see it in landscaping un...

I was so good, you guys. There were so many plants at the HPSO sale and I stuck to my list (mostly). I wanted ferns and I wanted crocosmia,...

One thing I never knew before I dug my rain garden was how nerve-wracking the first winter would be. Did I make it big enough? (Yes.) Will i...