We are excited to have this guest post from Stacy Tornio (www.stacygrows.com) the author of "Project Garden: A Month by Month Guide to Planting, Growing, and Enjoying All Your Backyard Has to Offer" a fantastic new book which includes over 175 activities for the whole...
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...
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...
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I love this time of the year, not only because gardens are at their peak, but because it is when some of my favorite flowers are blooming AND we can eat them! It is also a great time to introduce children to the idea of...
What a refreshing experience! We took a year off from designing and building a display garden at the show so I could write a book. It was fantastic to stride through the gardens and vendor areas with no blisters on my feet, to actually be...
In my search for photogenic gardens and experienced chicken owners I happened to stumble into a magical landscape where every nook and cranny was full of great surprises. In this garden lives more than two dozen chickens, 7 of which were roosters. They all had...
