Welcome!
Lost in the Weeds is a biweekly newsletter about gardening and writing, as well as the gardening and writing life. It is amazing how often those two endeavors intersect. Gardeners tend to be thoughtful, well-read people with opinions. Writers tend to be people who like to get their hands dirty. To my mind, gardening and writing go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Yum!
Who Am I?
I am a writer, editor, and gardener in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve spent many years working in book publishing but for the past 15 years or so I’ve been a garden writer as well. I’m the author of California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening and California Month-by-Month Gardening, both published by Cool Springs Press. I’m also Associate Editor of The American Gardener, the magazine of the American Horticultural Society. I have a novel-in-progress that I’m determined to finish, come hell or climate-change-induced high water.
Why Subscribe?
For subscribers, a new post from Lost in the Weeds will appear in your inbox roughly once a week and will include the following:
For Free Subscribers
Book recommendations: I’ll review two books each month (one gardening book and one fiction or nonfiction book).
Monthly link post: Collection of links to interesting and useful reading on gardening, writing, and more.
For Paid Subscribers
Completion of The Memory Garden project: I’ll wrap up the Memory Garden posts with a video reveal of the completed memory garden for my mom (coming this Spring)
Monthly video tour of one of the many beautiful public gardens, such as Filoli, the Luther Burbank Home & Garden, Hakone Estate and Gardens, and more, in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Plant of the Month post: Care and feeding of a new plant that solves a common problem in your garden
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