Portland Spaces: Handbook

Slice of Life

Consider weight, price, and performance when choosing the best knife

05/27/2010 By Jon Hart

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Architecture of a Season

How to design the structure, color and smell of a winter garden

05/27/2010 By Sean Hogan

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Planting Privacy

Create a colorful living wall with a mixture of trees, shrubs, and ornamental grasses

05/27/2010 By Ashley Griffin

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Small World

The ancient art of bonsai, made easy thanks to our climate and these simple steps.

05/27/2010 By Alyce Legasse

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Tree Hugging

Select and plant a tree that will bring joy to future generations of Portlanders

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

O, Tannenbaum

Explore the festive possibilities—freshly cut or living, towering or dwarfed—of Oregon-grown trees

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Down to Earth

How to grow better vegetables by making richer soil and choosing the best area for your plot

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Friends and Foes

Bugs, slugs and bees you ought to know

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Very Berry Blue

Shorten the path from the vine to the bowl by growing your very own blueberry bounty.

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Herbal Infusion

Low-maintenance evergreen herbs add color, fragrance, and culinary possibility to any balcony

05/27/2010 By Diana Hauer

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Fresh Starts

Sow your own slew of seeds for a vibrant backyard vegetable harvest

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Dynamic Downspouts

How to turn the downpour into a delight by trading downspouts for stylish rain chains

05/27/2010 By Jon Hart

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Down Home Dirty Work

Laying an earthen floor is smart for the environment, plus it’s soft, warm, and colorful underfoot

05/27/2010 By Jackie D'Antonio

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Leafy Aspirations

Eat healthier by scrapping the iceberg and growing your own baby and microgreens

05/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Playing With Mud

Trowel on clay plaster to give your walls a rich, sustainable finish

05/27/2010 By Melissa Dalton

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Belles of the Backyard

Create a fashionable fresh-egg factory with your own brood of exotic chickens

05/27/2010 By Jon Hart

Portland Spaces: Handbook

Green: It’s the New Black

Green up your final act by embracing your own biodegradability

05/27/2010 By Zach Dundas

Slideshow

Slide Show: Architecture of a Season

05/27/2010

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Slide Show: Friends and Foes

05/27/2010

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Slide Show: Leafy Aspirations

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