now comes my favorite time of the year because of my new job list. Since we have… Continue reading
THE LIGHTS ARE up at the Winter Ice Village, the ice is good and frozen, and the leftover turkey is all but used up. It… Continue reading
THE SKATING RINK is up and lit, families are engaging in holiday activities, all the spring bulbs are planted and for most of us our… Continue reading
I MUST FIRST start by giving a huge Botanical shout out to Anne and Steve at Lazy J Tree Farm, who very generously donated 22… Continue reading
SO SATURDAY, QUITE the little group of volunteers helped prep the lights for the Winter Ice Village as the ice skating rink went up in… Continue reading
I THINK MY buddy, Jackson, has just finally thawed out from the -6 degrees to 0 degree weather we encountered in Yellowstone National Park two… Continue reading
I BELIEVE IT is safe to say the weather has changed. The fall rain pattern has started. Regardless of what happens with the sun and… Continue reading
EVERY AUTUMN I take a trip to our family cottage on the Wisconsin and Michigan border. These trips always remind me how utterly beautiful and… Continue reading
I STARTED LAST week’s article with a “weather changing” comment: Every month the weather changes. This is why you have caught me numerous times referring… Continue reading
THE BEWITCHING month, the day of the dead, which is what your garden could turn into if you don’t work away. That’s because… Continue reading
FOR WEEKS NOW, my readers have been asking for more information on over-seeding and drastically changing your grass to a far more efficient and better-looking… Continue reading
AS YOU LOOK across your garden and yard today, the last two days of summer, autumn arrives tomorrow at 12:50 a.m. You will notice a… Continue reading
AS YOU KNOW, I am always cheerleading just how great our weather is here on the Peninsula. With the advent of September, it is time… Continue reading
CAN YOU BELIEVE this past week’s weather? Talk about gorgeous. I’m often asked by family and friends when the best time is to visit the… Continue reading
IT’S September! There’s no time today for idle chat, so fill up that cup, sit down and get ready to plan because… Continue reading
WELL, CAN YOU believe next Sunday is the beginning of September? You’ve probably already noticed many of your plants getting past their peak or “giving… Continue reading
ANOTHER GORGEOUS AUGUST week here in Camelot, I mean, the Olympic Peninsula. And since the best days of summer are upon us, let’s follow last… Continue reading
MY ELDEST SON has just been recently married in a client’s garden; the corn roast with all 400 people has come and gone; and with… Continue reading
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE been quizzing me about mice because this menace has descended on their gardens. With that being the case, let me tell you… Continue reading
OH, THE WEATHER. If any of you thought I was perhaps losing my mind a couple of weeks ago when I strongly suggested it would… Continue reading
