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Music and Landscape Design: Harmonious Relationship

I was recently (today!) honored to be included in Shirley Bovshow’s Garden World Report, a weekly streaming webcast that is full of excellent garden knowledge. Despite my introverted nature and complete inability to perform in front of a camera, I agreed to Shirley’s request to appear on her show. I created a short music video [...]

Fall and Winter Garden Work

It’s often difficult to get motivated for garden work after all has been harvested, deciduous plants have lost their leaves, and chilly weather has set in. But a few chores completed now will make your spring work much smoother. In your vegetable garden, make sure you remove all weeds before they set seed – better [...]

Plants for Winter Interest

The photos below are all from our gardens and illustrate some of my favorite plants for winter interest: Rose hips from the native Wood’s Rose (Rosa woodsii) are plentiful this year. They provide bright, cheerful color for the fall/early winter landscape. Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium ) has a feathery growth habit throughout the season [...]

Community Garden Progress

Though the top 1-2 inches of soil was frozen solid, I was able to break through and rough grade 10 planting beds at the new community garden project in Priest River. The hiller/furrower attachment for my Troy-Bilt tiller saves countless hours by moving a lot of soil from pathways to the beds. It took over [...]