Check out my new book, A Woman's Garden Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things
A visit to a permaculture food forest and p-patch, how it works, and realistic tips for starting your own urban food forest. Four or five years ago I came across something amazing on the web: news of an urban food forest in my home city of Seattle. Seven acres of land given to a group…
A visit to the British Museum to learn about gardening and cooking artifacts from the first to fourth-century Roman-Britain Aside from gardening and making, one of my favorite topics is ancient history. Not the glimmering gold of ancient Egypt, or the art of the classical world, but the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors. Being…
Spooky and haunted places to visit on the Isle of Man including haunted houses, vampire graves, and strange and sad tales The Isle of Man is a quiet place made up of rolling green hills and natural, rugged beauty. It’s also a land steeped in history with ancient stone circles, legends of monsters, and ghosts…
A look a the continent-based gardens outdoors at the Berlin Botanical Garden. A collection of plants from all over the world. Spread across more than 106 acres, the Berlin botanical garden is more than just glass houses. It’s outdoor plantings that comprise many of the garden’s 20,000 different plants and trees. The park is designed…
Visiting a tropical oasis in the heart of Berlin. Over 106 acres of plants including glasshouses and gardens based on the world’s continents For months I’ve been planning one of my best friend’s Bachelorette Party. After a lot of debate we decided to go to Berlin for a weekend of cocktail making classes, nice dinners,…
At the Jardin des Plantes is a corridor filled with cacti, succulents, and arid garden inspiration Today’s rainy day brings back memories of another. One where Josh and I ran huddled through the streets of Paris trying to keep from being drenched by September downpours. We failed in that but eventually made our soggy way into…
Orca Whales, Legal Marijuana, and Ancient Trees Visit Seattle and you can go for the same type of experience that you can have in most cities. Public buildings, restaurants, shopping, museums, and all the usual places listed in the tourist guide. However, delve a little deeper and you can find far more unique things to…