Lily writes: It is that time of year again for our bizarre fruit tree fertility rites at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave). We'll be standing around in and under trees, applying nylon hose to baby fruit to hoodwink the apple maggots and codling moths into believing that perhaps in fact though it seems like fruit, it is instead some alien thing which they have no interest in...so far, they are sort of tricked, which is some unfair biological advantage…
If you've ever been to Home Depot or Lowe's, you've seen them: crowds of men, mostly Latin American, standing around the lot entrance waving down cars, looking for work. If you're like us (and, if you live in Wallingford, you probably aren't that different), you have enough money to own or rent a place to live, put food on the table and still have some left over for what the economists like to call "discretionary activities". Further, you probably don't have…
Life gives you second chances! Seattle Tilth is doing a re-do of last weekend's Edible Plant Sale at discounted prices on Friday, May 7th (the Mayor is glad he got his plants last weekend): SECOND CHANCE PLANT SALE Buy edible plants left from last weekend's sale for $2 on Friday, May 7, 4-7pm at the Good Shepherd Center. Seattle Tilth has 8,000 locally grown organic veggie plants and sustainably grown culinary herbs and edible flowers available this Friday, 4-7 p.m. in…
Despite chilly, blustery, damp weather gardeners turned out in record numbers this weekend for Seattle Tilth's Annual Edible Plant Sale. "Wristband entry", new this year, was in force where buyers were assigned a time to enter to even out the load. Arrive early if you don't want to wait! Long lines formed but there were plenty of other distractions. Donuts! Talks! Crafts! The lucky ones who had been able to get their plants finally emerged from the picnic shelter ready to…
Get your garden on! Seattle Tilth's Annual Edible Plant Sale is coming up on Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd at the Good Shepherd Center. Those rows and rows of tiny seedlings are so hopeful and enticing, aren't they? Or, if you don't garden, come for the festive atmosphere, food booths and kids' activities. Take part in this annual spring garden ritual and choose from the largest selection of organically, sustainably and locally grown vegetable starts in Seattle. Beginning and…
Do you have a garden you'd love to show off? The Wallingford Neighborhood Office hopes to add a few more gardens to the 2010 Wallingford Garden Tour and would love to hear from you if you're interested in making your garden available to neighbors on June 6th. Jennifer Veninga, the Chair of the Tour, says: "It would be great to get a garden with both ornamentals and edibles-as always the tour is low key; we want to include a variety of gardens."…
Let's face it, kids like nothing better than mucking around in dirt. And messing with sticks and harassing worms. The Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, tucked southwest of the Good Shepherd Center, allows them to indulge their primal side to their hearts' content while nurturing knowledge about gardening and a love of nature. I recently chatted with Lisa Taylor, the exuberant, ukulele-playing Children's Program Manager. She said the Children's Garden was conceived in 1988 when the Center's unused swimming pool was…