Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture
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Preparing to appear in a garden book…
In early 2023, Ann accepted an invite from friend Doreen Wynja to be included in a book about passionate gardeners. Reflecting on personal struggles, including a non-traditional marriage and health challenges, the author embraced the opportunity to share her journey while finding support in chosen family and community. Gardening served as a grounding force throughout…
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To Love One’s Vegetables and Philosophy Too
My Sicilian relatives never lived on the East Coast. They immediately headed to Oregon where they’d heard the soil was good and cities were open for business. They were truck farmers vending fruits and vegetables during the first generation, a dream that would never have been possible in Sicily. My grandfather Salvatore (aka Sam), the…
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Grapevine Axe Murderer on the Loose in Austria
As many of you already know, my husband Pietro is a winemaker and part-time winegrower—son of a winegrower. He is not a gardener, though he enjoys helping me, and in the past, he enjoyed vegetable gardening a lot. For now though, he is a winegrower with his father, and he knows a lot about the…
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