Summer Days on Vashon Island

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Plum Crazy for a Cake Called Buckle

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Plum buckle: a delicious marriage of cake and fruit Picking plums is its own reward. The trees are small, the fruit easily reached and sampling...

Peach Macaroon Crisp: Man Does Not Live by Pie Alone

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Peach Macaroon Crisp begins with great peaches As a man who is partial to pie, I must admit my eyes have been wandering lately, gazing at the crisps,...

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby…

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My mother just turned 80, and the family was together to celebrate not only the milestone but the lovely woman who wears it so...
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Trumpet & Oriental Lilies: Perfection in Bloom

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Lilies Are the Whole Flower Package: Beauty, Fragrance and Strength The phrase to gild the lily says it all. Why would anyone attempt to improve or adorn something that...

Winter Left the Door Ajar

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Mount Rainier as a sundial (from Maury Island) Winter Left the Door Ajar Winter left the door ajar, enough to steal a peek, Perhaps to silence...

Saying Goodbye to Summer, Slowly

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  By summer's end, a bramble's reach knows no boundary. What my eyes witnessed my brain denied. The shadows were not lengthening; the mosaic of honey locust...

War of the Roses: Behind the Scenes

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A bent wheelbarrow tells part of the story My projects are aplenty, and it goes without saying some due tasks are less desirable than others....

Yoga or Plan B: Fish and Chips

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ummm, homemade fish and chips... Saturday was one of those days where each step I took seemed out a pace and out of place with...
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Daffodils: How to Encourage Next Year’s Blooms

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In late winter, drifts of daffodils punctuate my property like streams of sunshine. They are a welcomed sight and a needed reminder that better weather is...

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Orchard Tip: When Ants Attack Fruit Trees

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I've always kept a healthy distance from ants. The notion of strength in numbers is not lost on me. If the Lilliputians could secure...

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Introducing Orienpet Lily: Garden Star — Va Va Va Voom!

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My two-year-old stand of Satisfaction Orienpet lilies in late July My days as a plant snob are over. There's room in my garden for both...

Say “Good Morning,” Gracie…

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(Double click image to start video) Good morning! I'm usually up at the crack 'o thirty, stumbling about the old house with a toothbrush in...
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Snip It: The Best Way to Pick Cherry Tomatoes

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My heart belongs to the big ol' Daddy tomatoes, the slicers, the small planets that make a BLT (and again, my heart) sing.  Sure ...

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