Victory Gardens for Bees

      I miss going to our local Pacific Northwest Beaches.   I miss the meditation of walking on the beach.     When our child was small...

    It was a magical moment: I saw this witch hazel bush blooming from one block away glowing in the winter sunlight. I felt drawn towards i...

 I've been enjoying so many online presentations lately that I thought I'd start keeping a list of recommended viewing. There are so...

Hello!  It’s been awhile! After a hibernation hiatus I decided it’s time to write myself back into the world again. I want to share some tho...

  Potentilla is a drought tolerant shrub in the rose family. It blooms all summer and into fall and is an essential pollinator plant gap-fil...

  Mints! Those square-stemmed plants that pump our nectar are very important for pollinators.     Yee haw! It's a lavender Rodeo!  The f...