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, […]
J. Fullerton of St. James, MO writes, “I would like to plant the seed of a Princess Tree. Where can I get information on ‘how deep, where, and other information to make this a success’?”
Well Jim, I’ll start by saying that I haven’t grown a Princess Tree myself. As well, keep in mind that seed-grown means […]
I know it’s taken me a lot of words in part I of this piece on moving trees to get to actually sharing a tree moving experience, but I do think it’s important to discuss why we might move a tree and the variety of caveots associated with tree placement and relocation. Sure, every situation […]
Quite often my clients struggle with inherited gardens that include desirable plants that are just in the wrong location. What was once a small shrub near a foundation may have grown into a small tree that now encroaches on windows and building sidings becoming access paths for rats to rooftops. A random tree may be […]
Regularly I contribute gardening articles for publication on WSNLA.org and KPLU.org websites. This month the topic is gardening for year-round color. Read more about adding year-round interest to your garden here. In this article I’ve shared everything from observing gardener behavior and those behavior’s garden results to how to add specific colors and fragrances to […]
This winter I’m acutely aware of plants that are providing winter interest through berries, blooms, fragrance, colorful foliage and interesting texture. Many clients keep talking about how boring their gardens are when everything is “dead”. I remind them that most isn’t truly dead but instead is growing actively underground. This provides them some relief that […]
Through the end of January, The Arbor Day Foundation is offering Free Trees to new members. Depending on your location, you may be able to receive 5-10 Crepe Myrtles, Live Oaks, Red Buds, or other trees with your $10 membership donation. Ten dollars for 5-10 trees is amazing. And, your $10 goes to your membership […]
Today I attended a great series of lectures at an annual IPM (Integrated Pest Management) seminar here in Seattle. Lecturers discussed green building initiatives and methods, growing healthier public spaces, plant response to climate change (rising temps and rising CO2 in the atmosphere), nursery container recycling programs (that go beyond just nursery container plastics), support […]
I haven’t had a lot of time to write over the last couple of weeks. Fall is a time when I see many clients who need help figuring out what they can and what they should do to prepare the garden for the dormant winter seasons. Every garden and every gardener is different, but there […]
Often I am asked to include an herb garden into my landscape designs, and recently a fellow blogger told me she had started an herb garden and was interested in some ideas about gardening with herbs. So….here are some starting thoughts.
Every garden should include herbs!
That’s my initial reaction. I honestly don’t know if there is […]