Summer is just around the bend and water-wise gardening is on our minds to keep plants happy and healthy into…
Perhaps you have been given watering instructions like this before: “During the growing season make sure your plant receives an…
This week the plant clinic question comes just in time for tomato season: “With the purchase of my home in…
Can you name the plant whose flower parts include the terms “standards,” “falls” and “beards” and, according to Greek mythology,…
How many times have you thought about saving the gorgeous angel wing begonia that you have enjoyed on your patio…
Berries are a great addition to any garden. Although berry plants are most productive when planted in the ground, there…
Today’s plant clinic concern comes from a resident who is new to the Olympic Peninsula: “My seedlings sprouted and were…
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Window boxes are a special type of container garden. Like other container plantings, window boxes bring the garden closer to…
Do you think you need a big yard to grow a lot of vegetables? No, you don’t! You don’t even…
A question from a resident of Sequim who lives at low elevation: I have a raised bed garden on the…
Fungi are everywhere; on our bodies, on our food, on our plants and in the air we breathe. In the…
Plants need many different nutrients to grow normally. They get some of these nutrients from the air and water; they…