WITH JACK FROST just around the corner, get ready to take cuttings or simply watch as your plants perish from the chill. Propagation is a… Continue reading
TODAY IS THE FIRST full day of fall and autumn is the busiest time of the year for gardening chores. The myriad of things to… Continue reading
SINCE FALL WILL arrive on the Peninsula this coming Saturday at 6:54 p.m., its warm and earthy tones are now starting to appear in your… Continue reading
deadheading, pinching, leaf-stripping and cultivating, because next… Continue reading
Hold your horses folks, or at least the hand trowels, hoses and shovels. Repeat after me: “Summer is not over.” That’s right. We still have… Continue reading
IN THE LAST several weeks, numerous people have either asked about brown lawns or complained and pleaded with me to write something about people’s brown… Continue reading
THE DOG DAYS of August have arrived, having been dashed with a good dose of rain for the garden, fruit trees, lawn and rainfall for… Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU know, we’re into August already. Now, I’ve heard a lot of folks getting all tensed up that summer is close to being… Continue reading
AS I NOW begin my third decade of gardening advice, information and anecdotes, let us all begin today by performing a few tasks that will… Continue reading
THINGS ARE DRYING out with our warm weather and summer breezes, which ideally suits some of the Mediterranean plants that like a drier climate, such… Continue reading
IT IS SUMMER here, in full swing with beautiful hot days. Your yard is blooming, the veggies are coming on, fruit is beginning to swell… Continue reading
JUNE IS OVER and what a month we have had. Extremely warm (hot) conditions, hail in the low lands, snow in the mountains, lightning strikes,… Continue reading
“ROSES ARE RED, Violets are blue, A rose by any other name, Is still labor-intensive to you!” OK, maybe I have mixed my metaphors but… Continue reading
WELL, THIS PAST week has been interesting: Hail, wind, rain, cool nights and now sunny warm days. Summertime here on the Olympic Peninsula (well soon,… Continue reading
As spring slowly gives way to the approaching summer season (today is the first day of late, late spring; summer officially starts here on Thursday,… Continue reading
With one of the wettest Mays in recent history behind us, we’re all about turning the calendar and starting out the amazing month of June… Continue reading
MAY JUST KEEPS rolling on with Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer happening this weekend. With barbecues being cleaned, the boat and kayaks… Continue reading
Now with the passage of Mother’s Day and most of your baskets for the house being planted and hung, let me pass on a few… Continue reading
WE HAVE ALL enjoyed the amazing blossoms and lovely flower displays appearing here on the Olympic Peninsula, with just enough drizzle to top the days… Continue reading
WE’RE QUICKLY UPON basket and container season. It’s a season that garners a variety of creative opportunities along with numerous advantages, as you aim to… Continue reading
