Category Archives: Gardening
Beware of the aggressors!
Garden News May 2022
Glorious spring color!
Garden News April 2022
Hard-working ornamentals!
Garden News March 2022
Grandmother Madrone

The Pacific madrone (arbutus menziesii), a Pacific coast native, is like a stubborn grandmother who refuses to be moved from her run-down old farmhouse to a fancy new condo where she can be lovingly cared for by those who love her. She prefers rocky soils and arid areas often in the middle of a dense Doug fir stand, or an inhospitable roadside bank rather than a well-tended and watered garden spot.
Garden News February 2022
Garden News January 2022
Japanese Beetle update
Careful choices for success

As my birthday approaches next month and having spent the last three months in a cast and then a brace for a broken wrist, I realize making my garden easier to tend is imperative. Because I love working outside and enjoy my garden, I want to be able to care for it. Spending time in a green space is great for our health so I want to reduce the number of tasks that will be more difficult as the time passes.