The other day I walked into my greenhouse, perfectly relaxed and certainly not expecting anything bad. Imagine how p***ed I was when this greeted me:

One of the highlights of my Easter trip to Portland was a visit to Little Prince of Oregon, a wholesale nursery in Aurora, south of Portland. Their plants are in garden centers and retail nurseries all over the West Coast, easily recognizable by the...

I haven’t been posting much in the last ten days. But it’s not because I’ve been lazy. Quite the opposite; I’ve been busy. Over Easter, I spent four jam-packed days in Portland, touring nurseries and gardens, shopping at Hortlandia, the giant spring plant sale organized by the ...

If you’re like me, you have a hard time believing it’s April already. April!

I haven’t started any major projects this year, but it’s still worth taking a quick look at the garden before spring is over for good. The California poppies are already fading and going to seed, so summer isn’t that far off.

On Saturday, my friend Theresa had an open garden for the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society. I’d visited before (and I posted about it here) but ever...