Yesterday my friend and I were chatting about what an odd Autumn we’re having in Seattle. I had just come home from walking my dog. As I made my way through sidewalks filled with leaves, I witnessed tomatoes still ripening on a vine. Usually by now tomatoes are long past doing anything but rotting. Really, [...]

A few weeks ago, I visited friends in Bellingham, Washington. They have a fantastic garden despite the deer that use it as their main thoroughfare (and their snacking gardens). It seems the humans and the deer have come to an agreement that the deer stay on the upper hillside and the people keep an uneaten [...]

Truly, as much as I love having a sweet kitty come rub and roll around me in the garden, I mostly wish they’d stay out. Recently, I was interviewed by pet columnist Lisa Wogan for a piece she put together on gardening with cats. She really pulled together a great article. I look forward to [...]