Tag: native plants

  • Silver Falls State Park: Returning to the Wilderness

    Yesterday, for the first time in over a decade, I returned to the Oregon woods by going for an 8-mile hike in Silver Falls State Park. It was my first significant long-distance hike in a long time and it went so well that I’m excited to think I’ll be able to delve deeper into more remote…

  • 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…