Chris Musser

Garlic is Here! Hi plant friends! Garlic (and shallot) bulbs are here! We are packing orders this week for pickup on Saturday, October 10, 11 am to 3 pm. Can't make it this Saturday? Schedule a pickup appointment. Garlic and Shallot bulbs are still available. Order online or pickup in person. If you have ordered seeds, amendments, PNW natives, those will be ready for pick up on October 10th as well. Open Garden and Order Pickup 13228 NE Eugene Street Portland, Oregon It's time to sow...

The bulb shop is now stocked with my carefully curated collection of spring-flowering bulbs you can plant this fall. There is a story of obsession behind almost everything in the East Portland Plant Club shop. The flowering bulbs are the result of my obsession with one question: What blooms first? Late one winter a few years ago, my best friend and I were fretting about how few plants were blooming in our yards, just as queen bumble bees were waking up. I went down a rabbit hole, learning...

Sheet mulching with cardboard and arborist wood chips for garden paths. "Should I put cardboard over the weeds?" The answer is...it depends. The best method depends entirely on what you want the space to become. First, Decide What You're Going to Grow Before deciding how to kill your lawn, answer this question: What do you want this area to look like in three years? A Pacific Northwest native planting? A vegetable garden? A wildflower meadow? An orchard? A mixed ornamental bed? Each has...