You guys: stormwater management is no joke. As the climate changes, and we have to deal with more frequent and stronger storm surges, it’s something all of us will need to think about in our own gardens. I’m reading a great book on it right now, actually, Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design. The author, Tom Liptan, worked via the Bureau of Environmental…
Conifers sometimes get a bad rap. I regularly hear them disparaged. People sometimes refer to them as old fashioned, or passé, or worst of all, boring. Maybe you’re one of those people? Well, sit tight, I hope to change your mind. While I acknowledge that plant fads are worth paying attention to, and knowing what’s trendy can be important, at the end of the day, I’m…
We’re having a heat wave here in Portland, OR, and all over the Northwest in fact. We’re breaking records for both temperature and number of days, and my husband and I are very grateful that we caved and purchased a window air conditioner last year so we have a room to retreat to when the house starts to feel like the inside of a hair…
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