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Starting Crops From Seeds Guide
Nothing taste better then fresh fruits, veggies and herbs from the garden. And one of the most rewarding ways to build your garden is to start it with your own seeds. Often there is confusion on when to start planting seeds indoors and when to start planting seeds outdoors. We were excited when we found this helpful guide from [...]
How to Open and Close a Paint Can
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Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting Seeds indoors Winter has been holding on and most of us die hard gardeners are trying to push the season! One nice day seems to herald the onset of spring, but is quickly followed by a week of rain, or the forecast of snow in higher elevations. Thank goodness for the opportunity to start flower and vegetable seed indoors! It’s [...]
Growing Garlic for Summer Harvest
Growing Garlic for Summer Harvest Summer has finally come to a close, but there are still lots of things to do and grow in the garden. Fall veggies such as broccoli, beets, kale, onions and some lettuces/spinach are all great to be planting now, along with all your bulbs for spring, including Garlic. Planting garlic now, will ensure [...]
Common Summer Garden Problems
Common Summer Garden Problems This time of year, the summer planting season is winding down and we are now into weeding and maintenance mode. The big push to get plants in for summer colour is done. Now it’s time for filling in empty spots and popping in fresh colour. Vegetables are flourishing and it’s time for fall planting of [...]
Summer Pots
Summer Pots Summer is finally here and we are inundated with anything and everything we could possibly want for our pots…only problem? What goes where? What’s best for sun? Partial sun? Shade? Here are just a few ideas of plants and possibilities for your pots. Anything that says full sun should have at least 6 hours of direct sun to [...]
Herbs, Edibles & Successive Planting
Herbs, Edibles & Successive Planting Now is a great time to start planting herbs in your garden. The temperatures at night are still cool, but thyme, oregano, sage, rosemary, chives, mint, tarragon and fennel are all hardy enough to deal with our spring nights. As for vegetables; beets, broccoli, cabbage, peas, potatoes, strawberries, spinach and lettuce are ready to go [...]
Installing a Hose Bib
installing hose bib
Planting Spring Bulbs
Planting Spring Bulbs Here we are about to go into winter and all thoughts are on what we can plant now for the spring. As gardeners we are always dreaming about what we can plant now for the coming season. In the fall it’s all about bulbs! Daffodils, Tulips, Crocus, Scilla, Snowdrops, Alliums, Garlic and more. These beauties can [...]
Bee Keeping
Replacing Dead colonies If you kept bees last year you are probably in the same boat I am and have dead hives to fill. You need to order replacement packages ASAP and prepare your hive for a new colony. When preparing a dead out for new bees it is necessary to strip the hive down to the bottom board [...]
Earthquake Preparedness
Earthquake Preparedness After our little earthquake during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday, I thought a short little earthquake preparedness check list might be in order. Most of us have the majority of these items ready in case we have a winter storm, but a few more items would not be a bad idea in your emergency kit. Drinking water for [...]
Chalked Furniture Paint Now Available
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Its Staining Season – products for cleaning and staining
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What to use when cleaning Composite Decks
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Blossom End Rot
This summer is a great year for tomatoes, despite the lack of rain, the tomatoes are loving the heat and thriving, most of us should be looking at a bumper crop of warm loving veggies! J Only down side to the heat and warm weather, is the lack of rain and what this means for our vegetable crops. Blossom end [...]
Best Brush to Use With Shellac
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Paint Selection
http://youtu.be/_RN10Q6funA PAINT & EXPERTISE LIKE NO OTHER Visit the paint department to make sure you get the best paint and advice to get your job done right.
Baskets, Pots and Window Boxes
Our favorite time of year has arrived…building baskets, pots and window boxes! I’m not sure what else gets me more excited…seeing all those beautiful plants and all that color or seeing new pots and colour combinations that get me dreaming and scheming…I’m sure I can fit just ONE more plant in that pot! Mother’s Day is signals the end of [...]
Blueberry: A Favorite fruit shrub
Our favorite fruit shrub here in the nursery will always be the blueberry! It is a fruit that belongs to the heath family, whose cousins also include azaleas, rhododendron and huckleberries. Our weather patterns and acidic soil make the Northwest a great place to grow this natural “super food” plant. Full of antioxidants, natural fiber and vitamin C, the blueberry [...]
Tips for Raising Honey Bees
Good news! We expect to get our new Bee Keeping department completed the first week of April. We will be stocking up on the most common supplies for bee keeping in the northwest. We also have partnered up with Bees Neez in Snohomish to bring package bees to Duvall April 15th. If you want packages (3lb with Italian Queens $110) let me know before then. Also there has [...]
Spoil Your Birds
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New Garden Signs
We love our new signs from EF Prints and Copy Center. They make shopping in "The Garden" so easy. You can now find exactly what you're looking for, with ease.