by Carol | Sep 25, 2018 | Customer Testimonials, Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, No lawn back yard, No Lawn Front Yards
Portland Fruit For Your Garden Design My client Sherry has been in her new home and garden for about 5 years now. She has kept me informed about her garden adventures so I’m sharing them with you. It’s great to see people having fun with edibles and her garden...
by Carol | Mar 7, 2018 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Never-Fail Blueberry Varieties for Portland Gardens A few more thoughts on choosing blueberry plants. Last time we discussed some basics for choosing blueberries. I give you a larger selection to consider and continue to encourage the purchase of big plants. Here’s a...
by Carol | May 31, 2017 | Designers Journal, Easy Edibles, Garden Tips
Growing a new Perspective on Mental Health Tending the land to grow your own vegetables is an exceptional way to improve your diet, but access to unprocessed food at your doorstep isn’t the only reason to dig in the dirt. A recent study published by ScienceDirect...
by Carol | Mar 8, 2017 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Plants I Recommend, Spring Gardening
An Edible Portland Garden I’m trying some new things to improve my early spring garden this year. Early Spring Garden Overall I’m happy with my edibles garden experience but I miss out on the early spring garden because I don’t get my plants into...
by Carol | Sep 21, 2016 | Before and Afters, Easy Edibles, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Tree Selection
Washington Hardscape Landscaping My new clients were from southern California and now lived in Ridgefield, Washington. They were new to the Northwest. They loved their new home and neighborhood and believed all their difficult small back yard needed was the right...
by Carol | Jun 29, 2016 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips
Gardener and guest blogger Chrissy Lavielle tells us how to grow and cook scarlet runner beans. Her recipe below, “Scarlet Runner Bean Soup”, is fantastic. Early in April, when the soil is just beginning to warm up, I plant the scarlet runner beans. It...
