Des Moines Garden “Winter”

I chatted with Cathy Barash for an update on the Des Moines garden today. She tells us: “Winter has finally arrived and we had two snows within a week and now have six inches on the ground. This is finally giving plants some protection and temperature consistency since in the last couple of months temperatures [...]

The Gardener (a poem)

Tonight I was scheduled for to give a container gardening talk at the Mennonite Village, a retirement center in Albany, OR. This active garden club has many members who are lifelong gardeners or retired farmers. Weather was foul so I was happily surprised to find a nice crowd inside the brightly lit meeting room. [...]