I’m addicted to gardening. There’s no doubt about it. But, like my gardening fore-mothers, I suffer from seasonal allergies. I don’t need a scratch test to tell me that pollenating grass seed sends me to a sneezing fit. When I’m out pulling weeds, the sneezing and mild rash tell me themselves. So what do I [...]

The NY Times reports: A growing number of Americans, driven by higher grocery costs and a stumbling economy, have taken up vegetable gardening or increased the size of their gardens.
I can tell you, I’m doing more intensive food gardening this year — for myself and with my clients! Really, even if you’re just getting started, [...]

Robbie D. of Philadelphia, PA asks,
“I want to move my daffodil bulbs. Can I dig them and replant without harming their cycle?? “
Robbie, I prefer to dig and move my daffodils after their top growth has withered for the season but before they go completely dormant, and I can’t see them anymore. This way they’ve [...]

A fellow horty recently emailed me a link to the UVA newspaper  that reported earlier this spring that pollution is reducing the fragrance in flowers. In turn they have linked the reduction in flower fragrance to the diminishing populations of bees.
Unfortunately, the diminishing bee populations are becoming more and more apparent to me in my own [...]

Late spring is such a beautiful time of year. Everything is freshly leafed out. Flowers brighten even the dullest of shrubs. Even on grey, rainy Seattle spring days the beauty of spring is refreshing and almost jarringly alive. Digging into the soil awakens scurrying beetles and various milli- and centipedes. Fat worms and young tiny [...]

Patty, the Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club President wrote in this morning to share that the Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club will be holding it’s Annual Plant Sale on Saturday June 7th from 9 AM- 12 PM.
The sale will be at the Mt Si Senior Center at 411 Main Ave S North Bend, WA 98045
 With all the rain we’re [...]