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Is Organic farming really just about a getting in touch with Nature? Is it Organic farmers getting out their Gaia drums and random instruments, beating a rhythm as they march through their crop rows? Do tomatoes grow better to a salsa beat, potatoes to a Celtic jig? Does burning incense add flavor to crops? Read more
Great to have received such passionate comments to Part 2 of my article on Native Plants. Not so much that Read more
Part 1 of this series was about love and good feelings for Native Plants. In part 2, hold on to your garden pants, there’s going to be a bit of a native plant smackdown. In this article the unwarranted hype surrounding planting natives will be body-slammed in a Read more
The following NW native plants earned their status as favorites for having good foliage, all-around toughness, and ease of growth while still being beautiful and functional plants that will fit a smaller city garden.
One of the challenges of Pacific NW native plants is that they are typically, how shall we say this… subtle. Does this mean dull and depressing? This recently unearthed Haiku from an early Japanese settler may enlighten us to the beauty of the original NW landscape: Read more
This just in, garden writer Michael Nolan says the Dervaes family plagiarized his work on several occasions. Read the dirty details here: How the Dervaes Family Stole My Victory Garden, Earth Garden Blog. Oh the humanity!
The Northwest Flower and Garden show is coming! February 23rd thru 27th, Wednesday thru Sunday.
Despite its popularity, I believe the garden show tends to attract the same Read more
Below is the first column I wrote for MyEdmondsNews.com. I thought I’d repeat it here because readership doesn’t necessarily overlap with my blog and I’ve never really written about myself on this blog. Look for my next article coming out this Wednesday the 2nd about the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. Hope you like it. Read more
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