Category Archives: Life in the Garden

Sixteen years ago, while we lived in Thailand, we could have had a garden almost year round, but we didn’t. There were so many pests to fight against, the worst which were inch-long fire ants, that our garden consisted of: Thailand Moss Rose Collection six or so colors of portulaca (moss rose) in pots, FallenContinueContinue reading “Winter Window-Garden….”

All the best farms or gardens have a story. So what’s the story behind Grandpa’s Pasture Garden? Though Grandpa’s Pasture Garden as a market garden is just beginning, its story really started when Grandpa and Grandma Anliker bought an 80-acre parcel between Tumalo and Sisters in the late 1940s. He built the house my familyContinueContinue reading “Garden Story”