Rachel’s Plant Picks for Fall & Winter
By Rachel Anderson Certified Professional Horticulturist Do not despair for lack of flowers in your garden at this time of year! In the Pacific Northwest our mostly temperate climate allows…
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The Garden In October
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist Somebody flipped the switch. One day it’s warm and sunny with blue sky as far as the eye can see. The next day, the…
The Garden In September
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist Well, the firewood is stacked nice and cozy in the new wood shed, my pantry shelves are lined with all manner of jams and…
The Garden in August
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturist One of the most fun and entertaining parts of gardening for me, is having the opportunity to slow down from the busy pace of…
The Garden in July
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist Well gardening friends, I have good news and I have bad news. Let’s dispense with the bad news first. I am leaving Christianson’s Nursery…
The Garden In June
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist I don’t know about you, but when it comes to tent caterpillars, I’ve had just about enough. They’re everywhere-in my boots, crawling up the…
The Garden in May
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist When I was growing up, my Mom was always spending her free time in the garden. How she managed to have free time as…
The Garden in April
April is such an industrious month! Birds are busy building nests, bees are out and about pollinating and building up their colonies, and slugs are on the warpath once again. …
The Garden in March
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist Over the winter I took advantage of the “off” season by taking a few classes (actually, a lot of classes!) in hopes of honing…
The Garden in Febuary
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist In February, I am all optimism! Spring is not far off, and I look forward to it as though I am anticipating a…
The Garden In January
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist Most people try pretty hard to not go outside in the winter around here. I can’t blame them too much; after all, it’s…
The Garden in December
By Rachel Anderson, Certified Professional Horticulturalist It seems to me that the sunrise in winter is so much more beautiful than at other times of the year. Maybe it’s because…