Thursday, January 23, 2025

They need to chill. Tips for turning seeds into trees

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

They need to chill. Tips for turning seeds into trees

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

They need to chill. Tips for turning seeds into trees

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

They need to chill. Tips for turning seeds into trees

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Young trees need some dressing up for winter protection

My young trees are decked out in their winter finery: arboreal attire, perfumes and cosmetics that will protect them through the winter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Young trees need some dressing up for winter protection

My young trees are decked out in their winter finery: arboreal attire, perfumes and cosmetics that will protect them through the winter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Young trees need some dressing up for winter protection

My young trees are decked out in their winter finery: arboreal attire, perfumes and cosmetics that will protect them through the winter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Young trees need some dressing up for winter protection

My young trees are decked out in their winter finery: arboreal attire, perfumes and cosmetics that will protect them through the winter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

If you want to grow apples, choose the tastiest

If you’re thinking about growing apples, take some time now to test varieties and talk with local growers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Gardening: Extend your fresh vegetable harvest season

Many gardeners, even in colder regions, inch closer and closer each year to the goal of growing a year-round supply of vegetables.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Gardening: Extend your fresh vegetable harvest season

Many gardeners, even in colder regions, inch closer and closer each year to the goal of growing a year-round supply of vegetables.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Gardening: Extend your fresh vegetable harvest season

Many gardeners, even in colder regions, inch closer and closer each year to the goal of growing a year-round supply of vegetables.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Gardening: Extend your fresh vegetable harvest season

Many gardeners, even in colder regions, inch closer and closer each year to the goal of growing a year-round supply of vegetables.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Frost doesn't mean the gardening season's over

Cleaning up some frosted bean and marigold plants the other day, I thought of a weather report I heard recently on the radio. The announcer stated: “Freezing temperatures are predicted for tonight, thus ending the gardening season.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Frost doesn't mean the gardening season's over

Cleaning up some frosted bean and marigold plants the other day, I thought of a weather report I heard recently on the radio. The announcer stated: “Freezing temperatures are predicted for tonight, thus ending the gardening season.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Frost doesn't mean the gardening season's over

Cleaning up some frosted bean and marigold plants the other day, I thought of a weather report I heard recently on the radio. The announcer stated: “Freezing temperatures are predicted for tonight, thus ending the gardening season.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Frost doesn't mean the gardening season's over

Cleaning up some frosted bean and marigold plants the other day, I thought of a weather report I heard recently on the radio. The announcer stated: “Freezing temperatures are predicted for tonight, thus ending the gardening season.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Espalier: how to train plants for the tracery of branches

Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants so their branches lie in an orderly and ornamental two-dimensional form. The beauty comes from the tracery of the branches. Espalier is a way to create a living border in a garden, or decorate a fence or wall.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

March is a great time to prune many shrubs, but not all

Don't prune your forsythia, lilac or mock orange yet. Anything you cut off now will result in that much less of a flower show this spring.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Low-maintenance succulents make watering your plants simply a breeze

Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Low-maintenance succulents make watering your plants simply a breeze

Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Polyantha is a rose that keeps on giving

There's a rose that week after week, since spring, has been decked out in pretty pink blossoms. Even going into fall, the plant is covered with hopeful flower buds, many of which are prodded open on balmy days.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Get your planting shovel ready

Fall planting of trees and shrubs might go against your grain.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Consider the other dogwood, Kousa

The soft, pinkish red of Kousa dogwood fruits, some still hanging on trees, does hint at luscious flavor. Some people see their shape as something like a combination of strawberry and raspberry, which adds to the appeal.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Will the real perennials stand up?

Now is a good time of year to think "perennial:" which plants really are, and which ones could be.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

How to grow the tastiest tomatoes

Some people, many of them gardeners, believe that the secret to eating a delectable tomato is to grow it yourself. Second best, they say, is farm-fresh.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

It's tea time for your plants

It's tea time in the garden. But this tea is for your garden, not for you.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO