HAVING JUST FINISHED a magnificent, 36 cut-flower rose garden for clients, I realize that a rose by any other name …. would still require as… Continue reading
IT IS NOW the beginning of mid-early summer. That’s right, there are 74 more days of summer left. Just as most people give up and… Continue reading
8:54 a.m. June 21. Summer arrived, and with that heralding event, the daylight hours now start… Continue reading
Friday was the official start of summer. However, it was explained to me numerous times when I first moved here… Continue reading
SINCE I GAVE you a large to-do list two weeks in a row, let me pile on yet another chore. As you know, Lavender Fest… Continue reading
I HOPE EVERYONE has been very busy this last week with the to-do list, otherwise with today’s continuing job list you will be as busy… Continue reading
June 2. We are basically halfway through the year but only at the beginning of our magnificent growing season. With… Continue reading
WHO KNEW HOW many people would express joy at not having to kill their dandelions and to do so for altruistic reasons. Since this plant… Continue reading
“GOLDEN GIRL WITH staying power Lowly weed or eager flower Hands of littles Gather first bouquets Hands of wishers Blow seeds away Hands of gardeners… Continue reading
IT’S MOTHERS DAY and that has me in a reflective mood as I look back on being an orphan for the last 5 years. I… Continue reading
though I don’t quite know why. The… Continue reading
I’VE GOT TO say, it’s really sad. After teaching continuing education at Peninsula College for two decades my stint is over on May 19 as… Continue reading
SEVERAL OF MY friends brought an extension ladder over last week to help me off my “high horse” and down from an exceedingly tall “soapbox.”… Continue reading
IT HAPPENS EVERY year and I just cannot express how much I hate it. This last week while shopping, not only did I see tomatoes… Continue reading
LET US ALL hope that anything “April Foolish” is over for this year … right? We have endured an end-of-year wind storm knocking out power… Continue reading
They’re baaack. I think invoking an infamous horror movie is so apropos because these voracious demons not only terrorize your trees but leave an eerie,… Continue reading
THE OTHER WEEK I gave you a “Bakers Dozen” of March garden chores. I practice what I preach because I got so busy with that… Continue reading
bare root items, transplanting, dividing and new purchases.… Continue reading
This month is known for coming in like either a lion or lamb, then exiting as the opposite. But to me, March is always like… Continue reading
WHO SAYS YOU can’t believe in dragons? Well, our bus full of Olympic gardeners does. An utterly magnificent carved “driftwood dragon” was the unanimous choice… Continue reading
