Here it is the 15th of the month, and there is only one flower visible (or within reach) to photograph. [caption id="attachment_1668" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Witch Hazel under a blanket of snow"][/caption] Up here in the Convergence Zonewe get a lot of snow compared to Seattle and nearby...
I remember a little over a year ago I turned in the manuscript, pictures and drawings for my book about gardening with chickens, and while it was this huge sense of relief to meet such a monumental deadline, it also made me very anxious. I...
Currently I am mid-design on a project that is a great honor to be working on. Picardo is Seattle's first and largest P-Patch community garden and is actually where the term P-Patch (P for Picardo) came from. You can read all about Picardo's rich history...
Joy: Over the winter holiday break our two youngest pullets finally started laying. This is always exciting for me -- its like the girls hit puberty and have finally graduated into being apart of the mature lady flock. Silly I know, but I hug and...
Even though it is cold, wet and sometimes downright miserable outside I find myself drawn to wander around the garden at this time of year to see what is happening. Surprisingly there is a lot of bird activity (wild and my domestic yard birds) and...
December 9th, 2011 3:45pm Weight: 1lbs 2oz Height: 9" I'm such a proud mama to announce that the stork has delivered my beautiful baby hatchling book! It has been incubating for quite some time now; I've been keeping a close eye on temperature, making sure everyone...
Last year I put together this list of gift ideas for the chicken lover in your life, so naturally, this year I'm doing it again! On the top of my list is of course: this fantastic book! Of course I am shamelessly biased...
I have been ordering edible plants from Raintree Nursery for well over a decade now and had never been to the actual nursery until just recently. I needed a bunch of plants for a fall planting project that couldn't be delivered until spring, and the...
I am always looking for crafty activities to do with my kids in the garden. Recently we made some concrete labels for our plants, and some just for fun. We found a kit at a thrift store which had large letter stamps to press in a...
At this time of the year I take a few simple steps to protect specific plants from my chickens. Right now it is tomatoes, which are ripe for the picking...
