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If You Plant Flowers They Will Come
.One of my main goals for putting in my native plant garden was to provide a habitat for pollinators. Now that phase 2 of my garden is in its first year of bloom, I am amazed at its popularity with...
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The Perils of Roundup (Glyphosate) and Alternatives to Weed Control
One of my readers recently contacted me from drugwatch.com an informational site for consumers. This organization has produced two guides to help consumers understand the perils of the toxic chemical...
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Reasons To Be Cheerful
To avoid the daily bombardment of negative news about climate change, war, gun violence, and politics you need to be mindful that there are choices. Sure, things are not rosy out there but good...
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How Sustainable is Your Bathroom Tissue?
Here is an update on sustainable paper products courtesy of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Their first scorecard was published in 2019. Since then it has had several new additions....
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The Zen of Letting the Garden Be
I have been experimenting with native plant gardening for two years now. Phase 2 of my garden designed for pollinators was planted last March. By midsummer, it was a riot of blooms and all types of...
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The Connection of Meat Consumption to Climate Change
Most people when they think of Climate Change think of fossil fuels. Although that is the #1 cause there are numerous other significant contributors. In 2nd place are modern agricultural practices....
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Planting a Wildflower Garden in Winter
There has been a break in our sub-freezing weather this January here in W. Oregon. I took advantage of the over 50 F to plant the wildflower flower seeds I had not gotten to in the fall. Yes, one...
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Plastics Recycling- The Big Lie
Plastic products became available in the late 1950s. I was born in 1953 and remember as a small child a milkman delivering milk in glass bottles and picking up the empty bottles to be washed and...
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Save Our Birds and Pollinators. Keep Neonics out of your Garden!
It’s March and many of us are thinking about getting out into the garden. I recently read a blog post by author and native garden proponent Eileen Stark about how these unregulated pesticides are...
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The Magnificence of Spring Blooms
There’s a big payoff in Western Oregon after the long dreary winter- spring flowers. My third-year native plant garden gives me those gifts as I write this. The vast array of tulips, daffodils, and...
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