Tag: gardening

  • Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (May 2023)

    Monthly Top 10 Plants at Campiello Maurizio (May 2023)

    Hope you don’t mind that I’m posting these a bit late. I’ve got to catch up on this so I can get to my Top 10 list for June before it’s August and I need to complete one for July too! Oh the crush of time. A few of these plants were gifts from friends…

  • Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

    Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

    Last autumn my friend Evan moved from Castle Rock, WA to the Portland metropolitan area. Most of the moving took place while I was still away in the Carolinas, but I made sure to have at least a day or two set aside to help transport whatever they needed, and to help wrap up garden…