This is just a quick reminder that spring rains in western washington can deceive us into thinking our soils are holding enough water to sustain our plants. It may be gray and drippy for days on end, but the rainfall totals may not be significant enough to keep your soil moisture levels consistent for your […]

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 […]

This morning I went out to run my hose bib drip irrigation. I would love to have a fully automated system, but that’s just not realistic for my garden at this point. We have a nice drip & spray head system that does the trick. For me, its fine to get out and check the […]

After all the rain we had in Seattle last week, I was lulled into thinking summer was over. Today’s sunny warmth reminded me that its only the last of July! We still need to get through the rest of our drought cycle. I went out & realized my container gardens were dry, so I watered […]

Hey Seattlites (and anyone else heading into a dry summer)….
For those of you who don’t realize it, Seattle has a natural drought cycle in the summer, and it seems we’re going to enter it before the 4th of July this year. I have been running my irrigation every few days already. This morning I checked my soil […]