The Driveway Garden

The Driveway Garden I’m gardening on a small driveway garden in Portland, Oregon, in the maritime climate of the Pacific Northwest.

A late tomato plant does not have to look tidy to keep ripening fruit, so leave it standing for as long as it is still g...
10/24/2026

A late tomato plant does not have to look tidy to keep ripening fruit, so leave it standing for as long as it is still giving.

10/24/2026

Maddy cut marigolds with her own little scissors for a bouquet for her mom. I went and got her a basket, and she filled it.

After dry weather a downpour makes the fruit swell faster than its skin can stretch, so harvest anything ripe or close t...
10/24/2026

After dry weather a downpour makes the fruit swell faster than its skin can stretch, so harvest anything ripe or close to it ahead of the rain.

This late in the season the fruit that has already sized up is the crop worth protecting, so trim off the small ones tha...
10/23/2026

This late in the season the fruit that has already sized up is the crop worth protecting, so trim off the small ones that will never ripen before the cold.

Sweet alyssum planted at the edge of a wall drapes down the face of it by fall and softens the hard edge with no extra w...
10/23/2026

Sweet alyssum planted at the edge of a wall drapes down the face of it by fall and softens the hard edge with no extra work.

10/23/2026

Tucking a marigold behind Maddy's ear, take one: the stem was too short. Take two went better.

Containers on a sunny wall keep drying out well into October, so check them before you assume the fall weather has the w...
10/23/2026

Containers on a sunny wall keep drying out well into October, so check them before you assume the fall weather has the watering covered.

Keep a new strawberry plantlet attached to the mother plant while it settles into its own pot, because she keeps feeding...
10/23/2026

Keep a new strawberry plantlet attached to the mother plant while it settles into its own pot, because she keeps feeding it until its roots take hold.

A lot of good gardening looks like standing still with a hand on a plant, and that counts as work too.
10/23/2026

A lot of good gardening looks like standing still with a hand on a plant, and that counts as work too.

Drainage holes are no reason to toss a container, but one that splits when you squeeze it today would have failed in spr...
10/23/2026

Drainage holes are no reason to toss a container, but one that splits when you squeeze it today would have failed in spring with a plant inside.

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