Tag: lichen

  • Taming the Beasts

    Snow on a big leaf Rhododendron. The snow beast roared its tiny little head this morning. Now it’s gone. That was the easiest beast to tame this past week although the cold temps are still sticking around—unlike the snow. Just about finished with the seed starting spreadsheet for 2013. I think I’ll be starting about…

  • Plant Hunting Along the Beaches of the Southern Oregon Coast

    Lovely rustic yurt courtesy of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Harris Beach State Park, near Brookings, Oregon. (These begin at $39 per night.) Waking up in my yurt to the sound of the rain tap tap tapping was not an ideal way to spend my spring break, but I am an Oregonian so I was…