Are your petunias looking tired, or are you tired of looking at petunias? To avoid sounding like an infomercial, this column is not about dissing… Continue reading
What can be said about the perennials Penstemon, commonly called beard tongue? Plenty! The genus Penstemon has a vast collection of flowering plants that are… Continue reading
If you live with a postage stamp yard or balcony, and still, want a garden, you need to think small on space and go big… Continue reading
You plan for a wedding, you plan for retirement, and you plan for a trip to Hawaii. Do you make plans for your garden? Do… Continue reading
Have you ever bit off the tip of a columbine flower spur and sucked out the sweet nectar reward? I remember. The genus Aquilegia has… Continue reading
Kitsap Weekly
A holiday devoted to being thankful nears, so it is a great time to make an assessment of the past year. Living here on a beautiful peninsula flanked by the Olympic Mountains with the Hood Canal on one side and the Puget Sound on the other, our surroundings give us much to be grateful for.
Autumn signals the fall — the fall of leaves, the fall of plants and the fall of this tired gardener onto the couch for a long winter nap. Not so fast, it’s not time to relax, it’s time to plan for next year.
