How’s this for irony? For the past twelve years I’ve worked in the live event and trade show industry. Last week for my week off… I ended up going to a trade show.
What may be even more ironic is that we’re knee deep in harvest at The Yarden and The Peterson Garden Project and I’m [...]

I need to learn a lesson in quiet contemplation from this garden goddess in my friend Andrew’s yard… between my work travel (70%+ of my time) and the CRAZE that is spring garden season it feels as if I’m always running around and never getting enough done. And the unpredictable Chicago weather doesn’t help either… [...]

I’m meditating on three cool garden things this Happy (albeit somewhat wet) Easter Sunday:

How excited I am to actually start gardening again this season vs just talking about it
How nasturtiums are my favorite flower of all time
How amazing it is that social media has made it possible for gardeners to unite in ways never dreamed [...]

Long before we had The Yarden, my husband and I lived in a two-flat with our friend (and landlord), Jim, who lived upstairs. The back yard was a big patch of grass… and, being a lifelong garden junkie, I asked if we could tear up some of that useless lawn to plant a vegetable garden. [...]

VANCOUVER, BC — Yes, I know… how could the largest sporting event in the world have anything to do with gardening… Maybe in a city other than Vancouver it might not and maybe if I didn’t see everything through a gardening filter it might not… but hang with me for a paragraph or two. I have my reasons…

Well, The Yarden is almost totally frosted out. Oh well… that just means all the activity is mental for the next few months. And now that there will be some free time, I can tell you about some cool, cool stuff that happened this past summer…