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Spring is Not the Only Bulb Season: Fall Bulbs
Some gardeners are unaware of the other season for some bulbs. Yes, there are summer blooming bulbs, like lilies and gladiolus, but the fall is another great time for bulbs. Fall favorites include Colchicum, saffron crocus and the Nerine. The Colchicum, which is an...
New Friends and Old: Spring Bulbs
Knowing what you like is a good thing. Trying something new is a good thing. Heading into the fall and thinking about spring bulbs I have to think about both things. One of my most favorite bulbs is Allium Shubertii. Growing at the top of the path to the bottom garden...
Guilty Pleasure: Apple Butter
We’ve been mostly enjoying the 6 apple trees that I inherited over the summer with the new house. The one closest to the house has been bombing me most of the summer. It is very overgrown and branches were reaching over the top of the house. Many times at night I...
Recycled Greenhouse
When I left my other house I left a little greenhouse. It was only about 10X 15 and under a deck. It didn’t have much light and I used a heater to keep it warm with florescent grow lights. I need a place for my non-native and non-hardy plant obsession which my place...
Garlic: When to Plant
Here in the PNW we don’t really have to plant garlic in the fall. There are fanatics that say ‘have to’ and other that say 'no big deal'. I even read a article from Gardeners World from England about the controversy of planting garlic in the fall. The general...
Fall into Spring
Remember the blog post from this past spring when I visited the tulip fields in Mt Vernon? They had the most spectacular display gardens, I took lots of pictures, you can read about it HERE. Now is the time to order. September through December you can pick...
Blackberry Festival (of sorts)
Really, there is a blackberry festival in Bremerton, Washington. They celebrate blackberries. Fun runs, children's events, and food and wine made with blackberries. I kind of get it but the Himalayan blackberry is a terribly invasive weed. Much like kudzu in...
Community Garden Addict
Yep that’s me. I’m on the way to the airport, driving through Tacoma, and out of the corner of my eye I see a Community garden. Stop the car… Out I jump at this great little garden at the Salvation Army in Tacoma. A vacant lot has been turned into raised beds...
Fall Containers
My containers are looking pretty bad. The other container that I did in the spring blog looks good still, just dull and is not blooming. So, it’s time to replant the terra cotta pot. I took all the plants except the large pennisetum grass out of the terra cotta...
Dilly Beans
Things have been very successful in the July 4th Garden. This last week I picked my tri-color beans. I love the great colors of yellow, purple and green. My favorite beans are the romano Italian beans. It is like having steak on a vine. They are thick and have...
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