Right now it’s prime home garden touring season in the Pacific Northwest. Many organizations raise funds by letting the public peek behind their neighbors’ fences. Garden tours are a terrific way to gather real-life inspiration for your own projects. Here’s what I found on the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers tour in Portland, Oregon. Give […]

Inside a greenhouse, it’s fairly easy to control the water your plants get. Out under the open sky, it’s harder. Normally, by July, I would be starting to tire of the watering routine; the hoses seem to get heavier with every summer day that passes. This year, since the Chicago area got almost 8 inches […]