Why wait on the weather?

In early 2024, the gardening world was rocked—not by the kind of snails that munch your lettuce, but by a viral sensation: the "Seed Snail." Unlike its slow-moving namesakes, this gardening hack raced ...

The last weekend of February, I made my annual pilgrimage to the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in downtown Seattle. Traveling over Snoqualmie Pass was uneventful courtesy of our dry winter and ...

Give your onions a head start.

As you might imagine, I grew up with more than a few adults greeting me with, “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” followed by a big smile or, more often, laughter. It was ...

Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes up many types of seeds and tells them it’s the right time to sprout. So do you need ...