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A GROWING CONCERN: Get the drop on watering
YEAH, RAIN! APRIL is on track to be the driest ever on record and any moisture now is…
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A GROWING CONCERN: A good start leads to a great finish
I DO NOT want to waste any time not immediately getting to my great concern and worry because…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Sowing the seeds of a successful garden
WHAT ABSOLUTELY PERFECT gardening weather we have been having this last week; with the bountiful snow-pack looking just…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Going ‘farm to table’ in your own backyard
IT’S NO APRIL Fool’s joke, that now is a perfect time to be gardening … in all aspects…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Dig in to fruit and vegetable gardening
OH MAN, CLICHE time: Be careful what you wish for.
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A GROWING CONCERN: Get the dirt on soil organic matter
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the flowers is?
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A GROWING CONCERN: Indoor plant forcing yields big results
TODAY MARKS THE “Ides of March.” The lion and the lamb continue to frolic around their monthly endeavor.
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A GROWING CONCERN: Dynamic duo of bare-root and transplant
I KNOW I’VE been talking about bare-root items for a while and the value of transplanting, but one…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Spring into action before season starts
WELL, HOW FANTASTIC! I got once again, for the 23rd year, to escort a vibrant group of 48…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Garden show coming up this week
THERE REALLY ARE few things in the world that can get me going as much as the second-largest…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Keep your gardening rooted in science
JUST LAST WEEK, having gone to a magnificent Pacific Northwest ballet performance of Cinderella, my mind was on…
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A GROWING CONCERN: The bare facts on bare-root plants
FEBRUARY IS THE time for many a gardener to get busy in preparation for “spring gardening mania.”
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A GROWING CONCERN: Planning ahead for a glorious spring
FEBRUARY IS HERE. Spring begins March 19 at 8:50 p.m.
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A GROWING CONCERN: Get the whole hole story for planting
WITH THE RECENT snow now but a memory, rain and seasonably warm weather are here for the next…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Frozen? Don’t just let it go
WELL, WHAT DO you know? Just when I was thinking we really needed some substantial cold weather ……
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A GROWING CONCERN: Plants are dormant, but not gardeners
SURE, A WEEK after I wrote about mild weather, Frosty the Snowman blows into town.
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A GROWING CONCERN: Turn winter daydreams into garden reality
HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2020 bring you good health, happiness and gardening bliss — which can be easily…
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A GROWING CONCERN: New year, new you, same chores
WEDNESDAY IS THE New Year — out with the old, in with the new!
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A GROWING CONCERN: Mistletoe: Both kisses and killer
WHILE DRIVING HOME last weekend from a performance by the Seattle ballet, mistletoe was the answer to the…
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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let pruning stump you
BEFORE WE START, let me give a spoiler alert — ladders fail — big time.
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