Tag: Gardening
Gardening Tip: Shredded Paper as Garden Mulch
Junk mail and newspapers are two of my best crops, sprouting up everywhere inside the house, covering surfaces like kudzu. Solution: shredded paper as...
Cuke Rebuke: Lessons of a Reluctant Pickle Puss
Taking one for the team: a real-life reenactment of what happens when a happy man consumes a bitter pickle.
Bitter Cucumbers: What Gives?
I may be...
Francois Dubreuil: The Little Red Rose That Could
Francois Dubreuil and I go way back, both having been transplanted from Seattle close to a decade ago. As a rose, he is a...
Spring Garden Tour: This Bud’s for You!
Vulcan Magnolia front and center, taking its long-awaited bow
The old place is draped in spring, and may I say it's most becoming. Thanks to...
Postcards From the Edge of Autumn
Fall colors fade fast in the Pacific Northwest, but I can always count on my Glenora grape leaves to stick around. (The grapes are...
Summer on Vashon Island: What I Learned, Part II
A followup to my post: 10 Things I Learned This Summer
Summer is too generous a season to limit my learning curve to a wee...
So Long Summer: A Photo Finish & Fine Farewell
Summer has slipped through my fingers again. Warm days have given way to morning chill, dew lingers well past first light and every branch is...
