On the threshold of Halloween, it is only fitting to tell a few flora horror stories. These stories may sound…
If you are reading this column, you may be the one out of four people who love gardening as a…
Every month has its unique crop of gardening problems that people look for solutions. Lately, fungus, mushrooms, and slime mold…
Are your petunias looking tired, or are you tired of looking at petunias?
What can be said about the perennials Penstemon, commonly called beard tongue? Plenty!
If you live with a postage stamp yard or balcony, and still, want a garden, you need to think small…
You plan for a wedding, you plan for retirement, and you plan for a trip to Hawaii. Do you make…
Have you ever bit off the tip of a columbine flower spur and sucked out the sweet nectar reward? I…
A holiday devoted to being thankful nears, so it is a great time to make an assessment of the past year. Living here on a beautiful peninsula flanked by the Olympic Mountains with the Hood Canal on one side and the Puget Sound on the other, our surroundings give us much to be grateful for.
Autumn signals the fall — the fall of leaves, the fall of plants and the fall of this tired gardener onto the couch for a long winter nap. Not so fast, it’s not time to relax, it’s time to plan for next year.
