Confessions of an Aging Tree Pruner

My part-time job as horticulturist for Stoneridge Resort in Blanchard, Idaho requires a wide variety of skills. I recently took on the remedial pruning of two very large, neglected crabapple trees. Way back in 1989 or 1990 I had pruned these trees, but no one, it seems, had applied a pruning tool to their [...]

Video Walkabout in Back Yard

Camera work is a bit shaky, but not too bad for an amateur. Camera is the Canon HV20, with Rode shotgun mic & UV filter. Color is washed out just a bit, but couldn’t wait for cloudy or overcast day.
I use Sony Vegas Platinum  for editing and rendering the high definition video to .wmv or [...]

Pond-Free Waterfall and Stream

Andy Welborn recently purchased a Pond Free Waterfall Kit from us and installed it near Marshall, Illinois. I really like his use of rock…excellent water feature!

Hot Colors Bring Distant View Forward

Flowers and Veggies Abundant Mid-July

Since I missed the first peak bloom (peonies, daisies, lupine, lilac, etc.), I made a point to catch this peak…wish I could upload full size versions of these:
View from patio and sun room

Part of the pond landscape

Against the shop wall – campanula, clematis, monarda, holodiscus

clematis

perennial bed

kitchen garden – carrots, peppers and beans

kitchen garden – tomatoes, [...]