Grow Your Own Produce – A Small-Scale Approach

Have you ever been interested in small scale food growing? If so, get ready to discuss topics such as Kitchen Scrap Gardening and Windowsill Gardening. Kitchen Scrap Gardening means reusing food scraps from your kitchen to grow new plants.  Many kitchen scraps can be regrown in water or soil. Here are some suggestions Vegetable Scraps […]
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Gardening in Times of Climate Change

In 2022 I began to pay more attention to climate change issues, and how we as home gardeners can adapt to the changing situation. A webinar I recently attended gave me some insights and approaches which I will share with you. First, let us look at some key questions: What is climate change? – it […]
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Small Space Gardening

Here we are – in the middle of winter! What a year. First, the growing season got off to a late start, then we had drought-like conditions, and before we knew it, we were well into the colder fall and winter months. And now, it’s time to give our yard and ourselves a well-deserved winter’s […]
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Late Season Gardening

It’s the end of another North Beach summer, and I have no idea what happened. Last I checked it was April, cold, windy, with lots of rain, and soil temperatures barely at 50 degrees when we truly need at least 55 degrees for seeding, germination, and growth. Yet here we are with beautiful weather since […]
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The Art of NatureScaping

Over the last couple of months, I have been attending several webinars presented by the Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation, and I got tremendously inspired especially by their NatureScaping webinar. The difference – as I understand – between landscaping and NatureScaping is the intention and approach. When I think of landscaping, I think of […]
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Sunken Rain Gardens Improve Storm Water Runoffs

As I am looking out the window this morning, I notice something quite different than on most days over the last few weeks. Instead of the familiar dark clouds releasing their drizzle, light rain, and heavy downpours the sun is out promising a beautiful day here in Ocean Shores. During those rainy days, I had […]
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