Here's your reminder for the Tilth Alliance Edible Plant Sale, scheduled for May 6 (pre-sale, by ticket admission), and May 7-8, at Meridian Park. This gives you time to either plan and make space in your garden beds; or alternatively, to get as far away from Wallingford as you can to avoid the throngs who will flood into the area for this uber-popular event. For those of you venturing in to the sale, don't forget that the Good Shepherd P-Patch will…
I was surprised and saddened to read of the passing of Scott Morrow in the Seattle Times. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, Morrow was a longtime activist in Seattle’s struggles with the issue of homelessness and an early proponent of sanctioned encampments and tiny-house villages. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 19. His tribute/obituary on Legacy.com details a life of advocacy and service. I never met Scott Morrow. But when I signed on as a volunteer editor for…
…At least that is what I heard on the radio this week! But, say it isn’t so! Let’s be more optimistic, shall we? April showers bring MAY FLOWERS! Integrating flowers into your kitchen garden provides many benefits. Edible flowers look beautiful and they attract beneficial pollinators to the garden. Plant them in with the vegetables, especially around fruiting plants that need cross-pollination of their male and female flowers like squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Then use them throughout the season to add flare to…
The Good Shepherd Center is the large, five-story building set back in a campus at N 50th St and Sunnyside Ave N. It is just east of Meridian Playground. Both the large building and the park were part of the Home of the Good Shepher, operated since 1906 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd as a safe place for young women who were having problems with their families or without a family. It provided not just shelter and stability, but…
Give Big is an annual celebration of our non-profit service organizations and a time to encourage you to donate to support them. It is sponsored by 501Commons, an organization that supports non-profits in many ways. This year the focus is on May 3 and 4 as days to Give Big, although you can, of course, donate to your favorite non-profit at any time. The Give Big website lists and lets you connect with 1,200 non-profit organizations in Seattle and surrounding Puget…
Story by Susan Gilmore Walk by the old, shutdown Ramona Cleaners on 40th and Wallingford Avenue and you’ll see the face of Sweet Lilly, the 9-year-old Great Dane and namesake of the new business Sweet Lilly's Droodles. The pet treat business is the brainchild of Leslie Shelton, owner of Sweet Lilly's and a Wallingford resident. Wrote Shelton in her Sweet Lilly story: “In 2012 my husband and I made the decision to open our hearts and home to a new puppy.…
Wallingford resident Colleen sent Wallyhood a note about a local hands-on Earth Day activity in our neighborhood. Although, please note: this is scheduled for the day after the official Earth Day (which is Friday, April 22nd). Come help clean up our local environment! Join Wallingford residents in an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23rd from 10 AM to 2 PM to clean the streets of Wallingford between Interstate 5 and Stone Way N. and beyond. People will be meeting at…