Ideas and Inspirations

The image above was the exact one that my mom shared with me while asking for my assistance in preparing her log home and ponderosa pine property in Eastern Washington to better protect against wildfire.  It was then that I learned of firewise techniques and Firewise Communities.  After helping her, a few neighbors of ours in Western Washington were also interested in learning more and becoming a

Before there were gardens and flowers and veggies. Before landscape design and school and family. Before Duvall, Peace Corps and the wheat farm. My earliest memories were of horses, farms and animals. As a toddler, I was told that I would beg my Dad to carry me, rain or shine, to feed the horses and let me sit on them. Of course, sitting wasn’t enough and I soon begged him to take me for a ride. W

Knowing that plant pests and diseases are feared words in the horticultural world but it is something that we MUST talk about. Unwanted issues do happen even to the most pest and disease-resistant plants and with new invasives arriving, it is best to have a plan of action for when something looks funny (not funny HA HA but funny UH OH) in your landscape. It has been a long-standing practice at Gar