City Fruit’s mission is to harvest and steward urban fruit trees to support sustainable and equitable access to fruit. They work year …
Get Ready for Gardening Season 2025 – Part II

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City Fruit’s mission is to harvest and steward urban fruit trees to support sustainable and equitable access to fruit. They work year …
The month of January is named in honor of the Roman god Janus, who is symbolic of beginnings and transitions. For many of us, January is a time of optimism, filled with resolutions and plans for the New Year. Gardeners are optimists by nature and we commonly shrug off our failed harvests with a “Well, there’s always next year”.
Winter is a time of rest in the garden as our dark, cold, rainy weather does not support new plantings and the crops we have overwintered are few and far between. In her book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver called February …
After visiting this weeks final Wallingford Farmers Market (in a torrential downpour), I found myself overjoyed at the amazing bounty our Seattle summers produce and I also find myself thinking ahead to the fall garden plantings. While autumn in the garden is typically associated with “clean up”, it is not too late to get a few more crops in the ground to turn your kitchen garden into a near-year round harvest.
Yes, you can still plant a few more things before the darkness descends!
Greens: You may not get a lush baby lettuce harvest right now, you can transplant kale, …
This family owned restaurant has been operating in Wallingford for 17 years. Husband and wife team Chef Dustin Ronspies and Shannon Van Horn have created an elegant, welcoming space where you can watch the work up …
I recently stumbled across this book Backyard Pharmacy – Plants as Medicine, by Elizabeth Millard. While she is based in Minnesota (with much different weather than ours – brrrr….) this is a great resource for growing, harvesting, and preparing herbal garden remedies.
With some newly repaired garden beds along my parking strip as an empty canvas I got to work researching medicinal herbs and creating a small “frontyard pharmacy” …
Looking for a plant experience that is close to home?
I have been trying for a while to get to the UW Biology Greenhouse for a tour, but the hours are limited with the greenhouse only open Thursdays, 12:00-4:00 p.m. and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, from 10:00-2:00 pm. (through May 2024). But the planets aligned this past Saturday when I happened to be cruising by and saw that they were open!
Get a little Vitamin D for free!During my visit they had four rooms open for viewing, ranging from desert plants to hot tropical flora. …
Have you considered expanding your skills into growing fruit in your own yard? Now is a great time to think about adding a tree (apple), shrub (berries), or vine …
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