The roar of jets at the Abbotsford Airshow and the bustle of activity on Front Street in Lynden getting ready for the Northwest Washington Fair can mean only one thing: summer is quickly drawing to a close. Just because fall is just around the corner, though, doesn’t mean that summer’s beauty is ending; in fact, some of the biggest and brightest stars of summer in the garden are just [...]
Fresh, juicy strawberries are coming into season, vegetable gardens are bursting into growth mode, and daylight hours stretch long into the evening—summer has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. While you may be slowly finishing the last of your spring planting of annuals in containers and flowerbeds, planting season is far from over. As the seasons change, June is an excellent time to shift focus to planting shrubs and perennials. Here [...]
Sitting outside the other night, I was struck by how early it was getting dark. It should come as no surprise—after all, last I checked, this happens every year—but I’m always disappointed the first time I notice the days getting markedly shorter. Especially this year, when decent weather didn’t arrive until later in June, it’s hard to accept the fact that we’re firmly into late summer. As you tend to [...]
I love Christmas songs—and frankly, with the year we’ve had, I think we could all use the extra joy that a good old-fashioned Christmas carol brings. Although not really a Christmas song, “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music has somehow worked its way into standard radio Christmas repertoire, and hearing it lately has gotten me to think of some of my favorite things in gardening over the [...]
Puffy white clouds in a bright blue sky, tassled sweet corn beginning to mature, and dahlias in full bloom—this is summer in the Pacific Northwest. After a delayed start to the warm weather this year, we’ve finally enjoyed some real summer temperatures and sunny days in the last month. As your garden offers the best of its summer glory before the decline into autumn, here are some tips to [...]
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