With a name like that, how can you resist, right? Wait til you hear the rest of the story. Lower Wallingford resident and pruning specialist Mike King, also known as Pruning Man, is injured and unable to work. His neighbors want to help him stay in the 'hood & get back up on the ladder, so they hosted a rent party on Saturday night (sorry! we couldn't advertise because it was over capacity as soon as it was planned!). It's too…
Jane C. spotted Wallingford on This Old House's Best Old House Neighborhoods 2011: Gardening list, and it's a pretty little Wallingford they paint: Colorful kites flying and kids rolling down grassy hills are common sights in south Wallingford's Gas Works Park, a 19-acre green space populated by early-20th-century coal gasification structures—decommissioned, rust-colored symbols of Seattle's industrial revolution. Wallingford is a walkable neighborhood with access to Seattle's Burke-Gilman Trail, a 14-mile path for cyclists, joggers, and skaters. A farmers' market, an independent…
Here's an interesting Wallingford fact: did you know we are neighbors to the most exotic "doo" in the Pacific Northwest? Well, if you didn't know--now you do! Call yourself lucky because Woodland Park Zoo is the home to this amazing and nutrient packed "doo" and if your luck continues you may be able to obtain some of this prized Zoo Doo for your garden or yard. The twice yearly event, Fecal Fest is fast approaching at the Woodland Park Zoo. Due to a limited amount of…
Calling all Wallingford green thumbs! The Greenhouse Project is looking to recruit some volunteers to help grow fresh and organic produce for local food banks. Volunteers will be dedicating their time towards growing thousands of vegetable starts in a lower Wallingford greenhouse, which then will be distributed by Lettuce Link to P-Patches around the city. All vegetables will then be donated to food banks. If you're interested in volunteering for the local greenhouse project there is an orientation and workshop on Saturday,…
On Monday we told you about all the volunteer and internship options at Seattle Tilth, figuring we'd get you in the mood for the impending Spring. Continuing that theme, we bring you a series of classes on improving your gardening acumen. Barb writes: Would you like your fruit trees to produce more fruit? Do you wonder what's all the buzz about mason bees? Think it's time for your fruit trees to join a fruit tree guild? City Fruit, the city-wide organization…
Sure, summertime may seem like it's forever away, but honestly, our money says that you'll start to see the crocuses poking their purple little heads up by the end of next month. It's time to start thinking about that summer garden, so here's something to get you in the mood. Liza over at Seattle Tilth tells us there's a host of volunteer and internship opportunities open and waiting for you. No better way to learn your way around the vegetable patch than…
We recently learned that the City was giving away trees (for planting) to Seattle residents through December 6th. Before we could publish about it, though, all the trees were spoken for. Until now. Jana Dilley, a Certified Arborist with the Seattle reLeaf project, let us know that some folks never claimed their trees. And now they can be yours. Jana says: The Trees for Neighborhoods program has a number of trees that were unclaimed by original applicants. These trees will be…