My Favorite Pea Trellis Yet
No matter how many trellises I build, it seems I’m always looking for something better – taller, sturdier, prettier. Last year, I fell in love with the bike trellis I built for my beans, but that’s...
View ArticleIf my mom was here
I would totally make her a birthday dinner. I would make her a birthday pie too. I sometimes imagine what it would be like to have her sit at my kitchen table, which used to be hers. She’d keep me...
View ArticleDreaming With My Eyes Open
Giddy doesn’t come close to describing how I feel about my class tomorrow. It will be the first one. The idea that hit me like a rock one morning and was planned and scheduled by the end of the day....
View ArticleTechnical Difficulties
We’re experiencing some technical difficulties over here. I know the blog is loading very slowly – it’s driving me crazy! I guess, just like in the garden, we don’t have as much control over things as...
View ArticleA Mr.Rogers Moment
Yesterday, I totally had a Mr.Rogers moment. Except instead of changing into my Chuck Taylors and a cardigan, I went straight into my pajamas. This week was a rough one. I was grateful that the rain...
View ArticleIntroducing Seattle Urban Farm School!
If you could see me right now, you’d see that I was grinning from ear to ear. I am thrilled, inspired, excited – there aren’t enough adjectives to describe how I feel about my newest endeavor. I’ve...
View Article32 Years Ago Today
32 years ago today, I was serving up imaginary tea and M&Ms on my birthday. Today, I still have a taste for chocolate, but wouldn’t serve it with a fork like I did then. I’ve learned a few things...
View ArticleBackyard Basics Class Series
Let me preface this by saying that I will not always be gushing about my latest farm school projects here on the blog. Ok, I can’t promise that, but I’ll really try. It’s just that I’m so dang excited...
View ArticlePostcard from Nashville
If you follow me on Instagram, you already know how my trip was. It was a trip of bests: best birthday cupcake, best live show, best friends, best gut-busting laughs, best sister and brother-in-law...
View ArticleSeedling Swaps and Pop Up Shops
I am loving all the garden action happening in my community lately. There are so many gardeners selling or trading homegrown plant starts and organizations getting together to facilitate these seedling...
View ArticleEndeavor to Persevere in the Garden: A Spring Pep Talk
Dear friends, Here is a gardener’s pep talk, a call to persevere even when you think you’re messing everything up. In his book, The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Permaculture, Christopher Shein said,...
View ArticleGrowing Farmers’ Market Flowers: Part 1
Those buckets full of $10 bouquets at the farmers’ market get me every time, but I realized this spring that I’ve totally underestimated them. I usually forgo the splurge anyway, unable to justify...
View ArticleFollow Me on Vine
My bff is always one step ahead of me when it comes to technology. She’s always showing me the way. She taught me to use my iphone, schooled me on Pinterest and was actually the one who introduced me...
View ArticleA Guide to Food Bank Gardening
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one. – Mother Teresa On Tuesday, I went to the Solid Ground office to pick up my Giving Garden veggie starts. The folks at Lettuce Link offered to...
View ArticleUpcycled Sandwich Board Signs
Bringing Seattle Urban Farm School to life has been surreal. When I type up my class descriptions or work on the handouts for my classes, I feel like a kid when my sister and I used to play school and...
View ArticleOld TOMS Make Good Planters
No one at the Goodwill would ever step foot in my old TOMS. There was no way I could give them away. To describe them as worn out would be an understatement. They pounded the pavement for over a year...
View ArticleKeep Your Greens Cool During Warm Weather
The lettuce I’m growing isn’t as thrilled as I am about this warm weather we’ve been having. Cool weather crops, like salad greens, need a little TLC when the temperature spikes. While watering in the...
View ArticleMore Spring Flings for You to Love!
The Spring Fling was the class that started it all. Teaching the class and cooking for so many amazing people inspired me to create urban farm school and now, as you know, there’s no stopping me! I am...
View ArticleWhat Farm School is All About
My brother-in-law put his videography skills to work to make me a farm school commercial! This is what Seattle Urban Farm School is all about! I’m planting this seed and watching it grow!
View ArticleHomemade Ginger Beer Q and A
My DIY ginger beer tutorial is my most popular post to date! It’s been viewed by more people than any other post I’ve written. And honestly, I’m not surprised. It is one of the most fun and rewarding...
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