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Garden Shows Past

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Show
Three Roaring Good Gardens at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.
February 3, 2010

Shall We Dance? 2009 Northwest Flower & Garden Show
The garden is an island where every turn takes you to exotic places.
February 17, 2009

Sproutopia and So Much More
The 2008 Northwest Flower and Garden show definitely had kids in mind this year.
March 09, 2008

Orchids and the Boruca Mask Maker
In the garden display, the mask is used as a metaphor to the orchid, which nature created.
February 20, 2008

Small Worlds
2008 Northwest Flower & Garden Show Sneak-peeks.
February 19, 2008

Inside the Northwest Flower & Garden Show
I felt like a ringmaster working with dozens of staff and volunteers to put together the garden...
February 17, 2008

2008 Yard Patio and Garden Show
Sneak peeks of some of the display gardens.
February 15, 2008

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Timeless How-to Articles

Leaf Mold—turning the fallen into black gold
A beneficial way to recycle leaves and build humus rich soil.

Cross-breeding Christmas Cactus:
Considering the ease and appeal in crossing schlumbergeras, I'm surprised more of us don't try it.
December 22, 2007

Spirits Make Plants Less Tipsy
For paperwhites, we use the hard stuff—gin, rum, whiskey and tequila (with or without the worm)—for this project.
November 2007

Whack 'em Back
The first step is to learn two simple horticultural terms: coppicing and pollarding.
October 2007

Propagating Plants from Stem Cuttings

Build a Simple Bog Garden
1999

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Miscellaneous

Where Epimedium Rules
My get-up-and-go, got-up-and-went.
February 20, 2010

Grateful Abundance
A few days before Thanksgiving in 2008 and I’m thinking about reasons to be thankful.
November 24, 2008

Please Don't Feed the Raccoons!
It does not help the raccoons to feed them, and is harmful.
August 30, 2008

Dirty Hands—Happy Face
Take off your work gloves; exposure to soil just might make you happy
August 5, 2008

They Call It Noxious Yellow
Trying to keep us all in good humor while the broom is in bloom.
June 2, 2008

Rainy Side Gardener's First Ten Years
Celebrating 10 years on the web.
May 4, 2008

Random Acts of Kindness
All of us can practice random acts of kindness from time to time.
April 27, 2008

Never Mind My Life, Mr. Grumbles
What makes us so special that we feel we can walk into an establishment after closing and expect service, keeping people after working hours?
March 28, 2008

Native Bees and the Color Blue
Our native bees consistently went for the blue.
February 6, 2008

Through the Eyes of a Child.
With all the empty, open pea pods scattered around her play area, I could imagine the pod people...
January 8, 2008

Sheepish in Seattle
A Minnesota gardener reflects on Seattle's garden style after a visit to the Northwest in 2002.
September 2007

Heronswood: Closure and Moving On
It's been a little over a year since we heard the news about changes to Heronswood. An opportunity to see the gardens again.
July 17, 2007

Beyond Heronswood
Plant-shopping opportunities abound at the tip of Washington's Kitsap Peninsula
June 2007

A Warming Trend in Outdoor Fireplaces
Warmth providers range from your basic rock-circled fire pit to architecturally pleasing fireplaces.
May 2007

Bare-root Bonanza
February 2007

Gardening is a Sport
October 2006

Dig This!
October 2006

Selecting a Landscape or Tree Contractor
January 2006

Green Lacewing
June 2005

Pond of Refuge
November 2004

Trowel in One Hand, Bulbs in the Other
October 2004

From the Garden Bench
June 2004

Information on Propagating Trademarked or Patented Plants

A Mini Tour of Heronswood Gardens
May 2000

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Organic, Recycled, and Green

Earth Worm Friendly Garden
Did you know that worm poop is 50% higher in organic matter than soil that has not been ingested by worms?
August 2008

Recycled Greenhouse Retreat
I prefer these charming structures to the purchased manufactured, cookie cutter greenhouses.
July 2008

Plant Tips: Beer or Coffee and Other Fancies
Some garden tips, facts and falsehoods, before you believe, research your garden concoctions!
May 9, 2008

The Water-wise Garden My interest in low-water-use plants grew out of self-defense.
October 2007

Five Quick Ways Anyone Can Improve Their Green Space
Developing and maintaining your green spaces.
September 2007

Slugging it Out!
Riddled with holes, plant leaves are either half-eaten or completely decimated; it's slug season in the Pacific Northwest.
April 2007

Why Organic Is Not Enough
July 2005

Green Ways
June 2004

Go Organic!
June 1999

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