Cool, green and juicy, chickweed forms densely woven mats in low, damp, often partially shaded areas. Often it can be found in the transition zone from wood’s edge to field, or, growing as a ground cover beneath taller plants, perhaps in in your garden. Noticing this natural tendency, I have, in fact, encouraged chickweed as […]

Dry skin doesn’t only happen in winter, nor just to women of a certain age. It’s a fairly common condition. Skin that’s scaly, flaky, feels tight or looks dull often indicates that hydration is lacking, that the barrier function of the outmost layer of the skin, the epidermis, isn’t working well to maintain moisture. This […]

Now that I had a garden space, my mind was jumping from one idea to another… what would I plant? First, though, clearing was necessary: clearing of funky vibes, aka. “energies”, from my area, and clearing weeds and stones. Wait though…I needed to compose my vision, an intention. Thinking large, I decided the garden was […]

Nearly ten years after moving to a large city, to live with my love, and explore my long held wish to live in said city… I’d had enough! Another dream that’d been percolating, farther back in time, stepped forward with a plaintive call: I must have a garden! Recovering from surgery from a serious illness, […]