5 Things I Learned This Week: Entry 1
Lesson 1: Early mornings can be magical.
The clock reveals an early hour, and yet I feel rested. Birds court through song. Boz snores deeply...
Gardening Tip: Shredded Paper as Garden Mulch
Junk mail and newspapers are two of my best crops, sprouting up everywhere inside the house, covering surfaces like kudzu. Solution: shredded paper as...
True Confessions as a Smartphone Laggard
Early adopter I am not. Here it is 2014, and I have yet to embrace the smartphone and the technology that spread like a virus...
Best Plants for Pollinators: Tips and Regional Guides
Plants for Pollinators, Info for Gardeners
No doubt, I am the largest, most flightless, furless bumblebee around, but a man's got to do what a...
Love From Scratch: Adam, Megan and Snapdragon Bakery
A short walk down the road from me, in a house just as charming as its residents, Megan and Adam live a love story that...
Vashon Island Farm Stands: Take Your Pick!
Good Food Is Easy to Find
At one time Vashon Island, Washington was the fruit and berry basket of Puget Sound. In fact, our biggest...
Liquid Fence: Defending Your Garden Against Deer
Remember the first time the magic of Disney brought us Bambi and his ilk? We never saw the dark side of our little antlered friends...
60 Second Film Festival: Magic by the Minute
My entry to the 60 Second Film Festival: Green-Bean-Eating Bulldogs*
There's a song I often listen to, one where the melody soothes and the lyrics lead me to a...
