Ann Loves Plants

Month: April 2010

  • You Know You’re in the NW When…

    You are walking along the sidewalk in downtown Seattle, it’s raining, you look down at the grate you are about to cross, making sure you won’t slip and slide into the street, and you see this. Where else in the world do ferns grow like this? I am sure they are out there, but this…

  • The Blues of Springtime, and Becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent

    As we slowly liquidate the sprouted seedlings in the basement, moving them into larger pots, and then into the neighbor’s borrowed greenhouse across the street, I feel spread thinner and thinner. This is the happiest time of the year, it is the busiest time of the year, but it is the most painful time of…