Welcome!

I'm glad you found The Westside Gardener! This site is dedicated to all growers who live west of the Cascade Mountains. While the main focus of this site is vegetable gardening, we'll also discuss garden-related "how to" projects, herbs, fruit, and occasionally wander even further afield!

I hope you find the resources on this site useful. I'll be interested to hear what you think - please send any feedback, questions, or (friendly) suggestions to

If this is your first visit, please take a minute to read some notes about this Website that I've put together.

January 25

New photo: The Robin, Harbinger of... Ice?!

January 2

New article: Favorite pole bean (snap bean) varieties

December 30

Disjointed Ramblings: I've joined the Kindle Krowd!

October 23... sorta

From the Mailbag: A late start on a winter garden?

September 4

From the Mailbag: Sowing in September

Also, a bit of an about-face... when I killed off my site's RSS feed, I didn't think about the news aggregators that take advantage of it. So, as of today, I'm re-launching a somewhat simplified version that shouldn't be so onerous to maintain.

Older items from the front page can be found in the archives...

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