More Favorite Columns by the Oregonian Garden Writer Dulcy Mahar
For more than two decades, Dulcy Mahar invited Northwest gardeners into her world. Through wildly popular columns in The Oregonian, readers came to know the changing three-fifths of an acre of gardens that surrounded her home in Portland's Garthwick neighborhood. Over the years, Dulcy opened her doors for tours, was a top speaker at Northwest garden events and secured a spot in Northwesterners' hearts. Eavesdrop on a conversation with Northwest gardeners and sooner or later someone would say, "Well, Dulcy..." Her death from cancer in 2011 left readers bereft without her weekly column, so it was no surprise how they dove with relief into Back in the Garden with Dulcy, happy to find dozens of her beloved columns and photos of her and her changing landscape. If you are one of her readers who have missed that weekly trip into Dulcy's beautiful gardens, here are dozens more of her best columns. arranged by seasons, Northwest gardeners can once again (or, if you missed reading Dulcy over the years, for the first time) let her guide you through the months. come on. Garden season is calling. Ted Mahar was a film and television writer and critic at The Oregonian for nearly four decades. This is his second book.
""Tuisco Greiner's 1890 text seeks to teach the average person, particularly one who has left the rural environment, that gardening is a pleasurable, healthy, and profitable experience.""
Neither is it a royal road to fortune, and I feel it my duty to dispel the cherished
delusions of people who wish to engage in market gardening as an easy and
sure way of making a comfortable living. Before me is a letter received some time
ago ...
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