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If you need help cleaning up your property Aaron O’Neal owner of Competition Hydro a power washing business operates out of Duvall, Washington but serves the greater Seattle area. Specializing in washing houses partnering with Amsberrys painting thru the summer months. Services:

Reasons to create an improved landscape differ from person to person. Sometimes, the landscape is simply there to be beautiful and admired by others. Houses left to stand in an unfinished yard can seem stoic with nothing to detract from squareness and predictable lines. In a neighborh

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center, located at 18675 NE 106 th Street, Redmond, WA, has finished compost available for use by the community. The compost consists of horse manure and wood shavings that have been processed in Little Bit’s commercial composting machine. The result is a

From Pantone: Pantone’s Color of the Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a

Tis the season to grab a cocoa, blanket and enjoy nature from the comfort of your sofa! Expand your love of flowers, boulders, leaves and stems to something new this season. Watch as natural elements are transformed into dizzying arrays of beautiful patterns all to be consumed in time

Knowing that we are all concerned with the long dry summer that ended suddenly with flash flood warnings, many of us want to know what we can do to help our climate and the extremes that are being thrown our way. One piece that we as gardeners can do is to learn about and encourage po

My favorite tree service company is, hands down, Tolt Tree Care! I can’t speak highly enough of the professionalism, honesty and integrity. I find that they are very conservative with their tree removal suggestions, they are a very nice crew to work with and really clean up after they

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.  Aft

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

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 som