Gardening

PermaCulture Now – OmCulture Tomorrow

Sounds like there's some sorta eco-permaculture-organic boogaloo going on down at OmCulture (2210 N. Pacific St.) this Saturday, Feb 20th from 3 pm - 11 pm: Permaculture Now! Party and Dance You're invited to a Permaculture, SCALLOPS, EcoBuilder's Guild, Transition Towns extravaganza! This is your chance to: Showcase your project Learn about current projects in and around Seattle Connect with potential collaborators Have lots of fun networking Swap seeds Eat a delicious (local, organic) potluck dinner DANCE the night away on…

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Get Your Garden On

Seattle Tilth, housed in Wallingford's Good Shepherd Center, has a "dizzying" array of classes lined up for the next several months, on cold frames, goats, mushrooms, tools, perennial edibles and more. These classes do fill up, so if you're interested, sign up now. You're out of luck if you haven't signed up for the January 23rd Beekeeping 101 course yet, for example, but there's still time to sign up for the February 9th Beekeeping 101. They're also seeking a volunteer coordinator…

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Seattle Tilth Seeks Feedback

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We know, what with the frigid temperature and all, gardens seem like a distant memory, a fragment of a dream that returns to you briefly in the shower, then slips away before you can grasp it. But the fine folks at Seattle Tilth are hard at work planning how they can help you gardens grow, and are looking for some opinions from you. Lisa writes: The Seattle Tilth Teaching Gardens have been at the Good Shepherd Center and Meridian Playground for…

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Volunteer Gardeners Sought

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This one came over the wire from Sustainable Wallingford, we thought we'd help throw a wider net: Last year, in a modest greenhouse near Gasworks Park, a hearty crew of Wallingford volunteers managed to grow thousands of organic veggie starts destined for several Seattle Community Gardens (read all about it). The resulting produce was ultimately delivered to food banks and we were proud to be part of the chain that helped feed our neighbors. We'd like to resume greenhouse production early…

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Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair

We almost forgot that this weekend is Seattle Tilth's annual Harvest Fair, a wonderland of fresh veggies, workshops, informational booths and live music, all going on Saturday, September 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. behind the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N). Says they: There will be free hands-on activities to engage people of all ages.  People can meet urban livestock such as backyard chickens, goats and bees, and ask their owners questions.  The art of canning at home will be taught…

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Wallingford Plum Soup

We couldn't stand it. Every day, we'd be out, strolling around the neighborhood, and there they were: two trees full of the brightest golden plums you've ever seen.  They ripened and ripened and eventually began to fall, big fat raindrop splashes of juicy plums, wasted windfall. We admit it: we wanted them! So this past Saturday, we got up our gumption and knocked on the door. Nobody was home, but we did notice a package waiting for pick-up, addressed to a…

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Fruit Robbers

Returning from our vacation this past weekend, we discovered the tomatoes to the right in our garden, clearly victims of the same burglar that spied on us in our hot tub and plucked cherries from our neighbor's tree: raccoons. These particular bandits aside, it brings to mind a thorny question: as any Wallingford stroller knows, we are thick with sidewalk fruit trees. What's the etiquette of partaking? If someone's plum tree is planted in their devil strip, and those luscious fruit…

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