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4th of July Garden: Update

It is officially fall.  Not in recent history did the summer actually last until the last day of summer but this year it did, 74 and lovely sun on the last day.   As the rains started this afternoon I went out to take stock of the garden and see what did well and what...

Unusual Berry Plants

While searching the nursery for Rhubarb I came across some interesting plants. While not finding the rhubarb I didn't come away empty handed. My little finds didn't look that great in their 1 gallon containers but I have faith that it will be an interesting...

Bees by Spring

As summer is winding down we are already looking ahead to early next spring and making plans...  for bees!!!  Mason bees to be exact.  You may be 'so over' having bees as unwanted guests pestering you through out your outdoor endeavors.  We were inundated at an...

Building a Koi Pond

Often times customers will ask us to do something we have never done before. Of course I always say "YES!"  Then my crew and I will do a little pow-wow and figure out how to do it. Occasionally we will tell our customer 'this is new to us but we will do it for cost...

Pumpkin Dreams…

Well folks, it looks like we may get pumpkins after all!  After weeks of waiting for a female flower to emerge I think we finally have one.  When I got back from our little vacation I visited our little community garden and the pumpkin vines were staging a bit of a...

Late Summer Veg Garden

With my move to the new house I left my beloved veg garden behind.  After the dust settled I wasted no time putting in a new raised bed garden at the new place on the 4th of July (you can read about it HERE).  This is what it looked like after I planted it. Here's...

Summer Gardens

There is something amazing about summer gardens. The effort of plants to blossom and flower is magnified as the weather warms.  Descriptive words like lush, blowsy, rich, saturated and intense give way to chaotic, over the top, mish-mash, and jungle. The weather this...

Garden Tours

One of the best things a gardener could do to expand their knowledge and see new things are attending garden tours. We have many in our area such as Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour. The Bloom attracts several hundred people each year and benefits the Arts and...

A Little Beach Party

The family is in town and we are fully breaking in the new place.  On Saturday we hosted almost 30 friends and family for a little beach party and the new house rose to the challenge.  It was a pleasing sight to see folks relaxing under the cedar tree, kids down at...

Fresh Pasta Primavera

I went to the garden to check on the pumpkins on Monday and grabbed a large soup mug on my way out as an after thought.  After all, you should never go into the garden without something to collect your fruit and veg in.  This particular trip found my container...

Fine Gardening Magazine

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