Archive for 2009

Landscape Renovation for Aging Boomers

According to the Seattle Times, the average age of homeowners selling their homes and moving into a senior living situation is eighty five years old. Wow! We certainly hope to stay in the home we love as long as possible. So it makes sense to start planning how to make it physically possible as our [...]

Vegetable Garden Fever

On the few gorgeous, sunny days we’ve had in Seattle, I get itchy to start our vegetable garden. And then it snows and I think, “Not yet.” My father-in-law, back in the olden days, always had his peas planted in the ground soon after Washington’s birthday. Rows and rows of peas to feed a big [...]

Landscape Tips for Early Spring

It snowed last night and, despite the sunshine this morning, it feels pretty nippy outside. My Lenten Roses, Helleborus orientalis, are in full bloom in delicious shades of rose pink, snow white, and dark magenta. In warmer, sunnier weather, their blossoms will face the sun. But now they are looking down, burdened by clumps of [...]

Landscape Tips for Winter

Our crew has spent their “down time” this winter upgrading our landscape plantings and putting a new, bright green metal roof on the office. It feels as though improving our grounds and building is a good investment for the future, no matter what happens to the economy. And we get to enjoy the results. If [...]

Rodda Awarded Outstanding Service

Barry Rodda was honored at the annual Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association Convention with the Outstanding Service Award! The award is presented to the person who the industry feels has made significant contributions to the nursery and landscape industry in 2008. He was re-elected to remain the state treasurer for a third term. Barry [...]