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10 THINGS THIS GARDENER IS THANKFUL FOR
Since the start of the new year I’ve been pondering a few of my many blessings… 1. Friends who visit my garden and don’t see any weeds 2. The song of wind in the trees 3. Kneepads and gloves 4. … Continue reading
CYA (Cover Your Actinomycetes*)
*Actinomycete–filamentous bacteria that give healthy soil its characteristic “earthy” smell. I just got around to covering my empty vegetable beds to safeguard my soil. Quite often I miss the late summer/early fall window to put out cover crop seed and … Continue reading
Prettiest Mulch EVER!
And not just pretty mulch, but FREE mulch. Easy mulch. Nature’s mulch. How I love the bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees along my driveway! Looking up into the canopy at any time of the year brings on a rush of … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Viva Verde
Tagged benefits of leaf mulch, Bigleaf maple mulch, easy mulch, free mulch, leaf mulch
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THANK YOU, CLASS ATTENDEES!
Thanks a bunch to those of you who joined me for my zoom class “It’s all in the Design: The Low-Maintenance Garden” last week. I hope that my 5 key concepts for designing a landscape that won’t run your life … Continue reading
Reminder: LANDSCAPE DESIGN CLASS NOVEMBER 4, 2020
We all say we want one, but what is a low-maintenance garden anyway? In this one hour class on Zoom, Colleen will share 5 key concepts for designing a landscape that won’t run your life. Looking to make your existing … Continue reading
Posted in Design Inspiration, Garden Events, Local Interest
Tagged Class to create low maintenance garden, Classes by Colleen Miko, Landscape Design Class, Low Maintenance Design Class, Low maintenance garden design lcass, WSU Kitsap Master Gardener Class, Zoom webinar by Colleen Miko
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Ghosts in the Salal
It all started for me when my neighbor, with glee, presented the animated salal leaf she found while gardening. My first thought: “How funny! My second thought, “What insect did this?” I ran through scenarios in my mind: a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Call me Segmented: Arthropoda & Insecta, Garden Pests, Invaluable Invertebrates, Misc, Nature, Uncategorized
Tagged abiotic factor, biotic factor, Insect damage to leaves, leafcutter bee damage, Loopers and inchworms, Plant mysteries, root weevil damage, Salal leaf diseases, Salal leaf face, Salal leaf pests, sawfly larvae
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN CLASS NOVEMBER 4, 2020
We all say we want one, but what is a low-maintenance garden anyway? In this one hour class on Zoom, Colleen will share 5 key concepts for designing a landscape that won’t run your life. Looking to make your existing … Continue reading
Posted in Design Inspiration, Garden Events, Local Interest
Tagged Class to create low maintenance garden, Classes by Colleen Miko, Landscape Design Class, Low Maintenance Design Class, Low maintenance garden design lcass, WSU Kitsap Master Gardener Class, Zoom webinar by Colleen Miko
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Plumbago Will Rock Your Equinox
If you’re looking for a plant to spice up the fall garden, try the late, great Plumbagos (Ceratostigma). By “late, great” I don’t mean RIP, but rather blooming its head off when little else still is. The electric blue flowers … Continue reading
What You Learn by Looking at Your Feet: Alder Flea Beetle
Werner Herzog said, “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot”. Taken figuratively, walking encourages reflective, creative thinking that can reveal the true nature of things that bedevil us. Literally speaking, walking allows us to slowly take in … Continue reading
The Other Foxgloves
Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis lutea) is a hummingbird magnet! I know, it surprised me, too. After all, aren’t hummingbird plants supposed to be red? Turns out, that any tubular shaped flower with sweet nectar can appeal to hummingbirds. I frequently see … Continue reading
