As I alluded to in my Apple Fest post, we planted some trees last weekend.
Nate has many trees that he’s grown from seeds he has collected in pots on his balcony. His balcony is getting a bit full.

Stories from someone who is learning to grow
As I alluded to in my Apple Fest post, we planted some trees last weekend.
Nate has many trees that he’s grown from seeds he has collected in pots on his balcony. His balcony is getting a bit full.
This past weekend, Nate and I celebrated the first of a new holiday we are calling “Apple Fest!”
Last week, I was pondering what to do with all the apples I had slowly rotting in bowls in the kitchen. I had come up with a number of interesting recipes that were not apple sauce. I brought all of those apples to Seattle, and thus, was born Apple Fest.
Continue reading “The Inaugural Apple Fest”I’ve had such good success with saving tomato seeds in years past, I’d be remiss not to continue the tradition. I picked some of my favorite tomatoes from the garden this year from which to save seeds.
Does anyone remember this crazy bush from Palo Alto?
With these pom-pom like flowers?
Yesterday was the Autumn Equinox. It’s officially fall!
It’s that time of year again. The nights are getting cooler here in Portland. We’re dipping down into the high 40s occasionally, so I think it’s time to think about bringing my citrus and other houseplants I had put out on the porch for summer back inside for the winter.
See Week 20: here
We got a ton of rain this weekend. It’s officially fall here!
There is a strawberry tree planted in the front yard that (in my opinion) needs to move. The strawberry tree fruit are not very tasty, and this tree is taking up valuable real estate in the relatively sunny front yard, and it’s planted kind of awkwardly in the yard and is going to (very soon) be much too big for the space.
So it needs to go.
Continue reading “Root Pruning (or Slowly Killing) the Strawberry Tree”Today’s Foilage Friday is another weed in our yard that I didn’t have a name for until now.