Pruning Points
July 25, 2021
Last week Ann saw a T-shirt with printed words, “I'm pretty sure I am not going to figure it out." Sounds like me and pruning!
I have been watching Ingela masterfully craft the orchard fruit trees for 10 years but, this…
Tried-and-True Tomato Trellising Technique
June 23, 2021
The Florida weave! Is it a type of shawl? A new hair style? Some kind of line dance? No. The Florida weave is used widely and is well thought of as a tomato-trellising technique. Rutgers has a fine explanation online.
Sue’s…
The Handy Dande
May 19, 2021
Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale – origin from Greek words meaning ‘disorder remedy’ - Asteraceae family.
How did we ever come to hate dandelions? Well, who knows. In any case, Europeans thought them valuable enough…
You Need This Kind of Friend
April 25, 2021
An old pal and I were talking about different kinds of friends. We have friends who challenge us, helping us to be the best we can be. Hopefully, we also have a friend who thinks we are wonderful and that everything we do is…
Pruners Without Borders
March 15, 2021
FECO volunteers, Reid and Jacob, both well over six feet tall, used their height last summer to glean a few figs from a tree in Green Lake Park. They agreed that the tree needed care.
This spring, Reid asked me if I might…
Is Anything Happening in the Winter? Don’t yawn yet!
February 16, 2021
“Do ya need any help in the winter?” Visitors stop us from our work and ask this question, with some frequency. My response is, “Yes! But the winter tasks are not very sexy.”
How lucky are we. During these winter…
Find a Stone that Speaks to You: The Magic of Nature in Times of Crisis
January 12, 2021
I thought to blog about Horticulture Therapy, but the topic is sizeable. Instead, I chose to highlight two well-known authors who wrote about the therapeutic benefit of stones.
Psychiatrist Harold Searles was troubled…
The Legacies of Five Pioneer Volunteers
December 1, 2020
One speaker, from a recent soil-related Conference of Hawaii Farmers Union (HFUU), declared that he wanted to leave a legacy. He aspired, during his tenure as a farmer, to create as much great soil as he could.
Volunteers…
Retirement Planning – Plants in the Spotlight
November 5, 2020
We are excited to introduce Karin Baer, our new intern. Karin is working toward a Urban Agriculture Production Certificate within the Horticulture Program at Edmonds College. She began helping in September and will be with…