Category: Native Plants of the PNW

  • Sexy Wild Wildflower Moments (The Touch-Me-Not)

    Common Jewelweed a kind of Touch-Me-Not, (Impatiens capensis). This is a post about something that’s a common experience, and it’s probably happened to you too. Gardeners and plant people see the world differently, but we’re human after all, and many of us can also be sentimental in how we see the world around us. Sometimes…

  • Plants Make Me Ill (Revisiting Chronic Illness in the Garden)

    With all of the recent changes it has been difficult for me to sit and think about being chronically ill. Mostly that’s because it’s what I thought about for so many years; the diagnosis robbed me of many things and it hurt deeply. Gardening kept me busy, but mostly I read about it. Actually being outside…