White Flowers: Dressing-Up the Garden
Like the song says, "June is busting out all over!" But before it concedes to July and the bold colors of summer, June is holding...
Rug Wash in the Great Outdoors
I have a penchant for area rugs — small to large, bold to muted, plain to intricate. While I grew up with the wall-to-wall sculptured berber and the...
Foxglove in the Locust Tree
Foxglove growing in an unlikely place.
Each season brings new surprises, a changing of the guard so to speak, when petals fall, snowflakes melt or swallows...
In My Book, V Is for Vashon
I've written my first book. (Tom Robbins and Sherman Alexie have nothing to worry about.) V Is for Vashon is a sweeping tale, covering everything from...
I Fought the Lawn, and the Lawn Won
At first it was difficult to wrap my suburban-lawn-care brain around the fact that I no longer lived in Seattle on a postage-stamp-sized lot. When...
How to Make an Orchard Mason Bee House
While I adore my honeybees, I also revere the amazing and often-times overlooked native pollinator, the Mason Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria). Where the honeybee is...
Garry Oak: Deep Roots in the Pacific Northwest
True confession: I'm a collector of plants. I can (and do) have a greenhouse of flora, weeds, seeds, bulbs and starts, with nary an inch...
Doo, Doo, Doo, Looking Out My Backdoor
I'm blessed to live where I do, and that realization is not lost on me (especially when I venture into big city Seattle). I'm...
