Terrible taro and other invasives

The taro removed from the bulkhead garden. Removing invasives, sooner rather than laterJust this last April, we redid this weird bulkhead space to fix a slumping problem. At the time, I thought I'd removed all the taro roots and corms (Colocasia esculenta) and the soil we used to fill in the space was...

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Exploring the Columbia River Gorge

I loved these photos that my gardening companion took, while on one of the wonderful waterfall hikes along the Columbia Gorge and then at Trillium Lake, in the Mt. Hood National Forest.Visiting a waterfall in the Columbia River GorgeMay we all enjoy these great places for many seasons to come!Checking...

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Nocturnal symphony and fireflies!

At home in the Southeast after a wonderful trip to Oregon, visiting fabulous gardens during the Garden Bloggers Fling, and having a week prior to explore some of the mountains and the coast -- what's striking me this evening (as I've started looking through my MANY photos of gardens and natural areas) are the night sounds this evening -- out the open windows.It was quite warm here today, but we're...

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Canna 'Musafolia'

One of the things that I love most about my blog is that I'm able to look back from year-to-year and look at the things that succeeded and maybe some other things that didn't succeed. Well today I wanted to share with you something that I know will be the future addition to my garden next year. It's...

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Traveling in Oregon

It's been a lovely circuit back along the Columbia River, visiting more waterfalls along the way, tracing some of Lewis and Clark's journey, and spending time in Astoria,  before heading south along the coast.TS botanizing at Trillium LakeUpper Horseshoe Fa...

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Removing lawn and other adventures

Special Summer Appearance: My presentation is "Organic Gardening—You can do it!"Aug. 12th 10am at Fleming Island Library in Clay County. 1895 Town Center Blvd, Orange Park, FL 32003(about 7.5 miles south of I295 & Rt 17 exit)This event is open to the public and has been coordinated by The Garden...

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Returning to the Pacific Northwest

It's been over 40 years since I spent the summer in a National Forest camp on Mt. Hood, outside of Portland, Oregon. I was part of a an NSF Summer Research for High School Students program (run out of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.) It was an amazing summer -- tough in some ways, but remarkable...

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