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Don’t Plant Black Locust Trees
This is a photo of a tree sucker sprouting from an existing root. The root is attached to a Black Locust tree stump in our neighbor's front yard....
Dark-eyed Junco Babies Galore
This morning I stepped out to turn on a sprinkler and noticed a Dark-eyed Junco casually hop through the water pouring down on its head duck and...
Garden Update: Carnival Colors and Carnivorous Plants
It's nearly July and the garden has reached peak bloom. Weed growth has slowed from "OMG" to just annoying, enabling me to catch up a bit. So I...
Gardening Comics
Another major hobby of mine is comics. For the last couple years, I've produced a single-panel strip called The Daily Drawing that's currently...
How To: Transplant Hostas in Midsummer
Note: check out my update below to see what the transplant and divisions look like after one year! We finally bit the bullet and decided have our...
How to Make 8 Bamboo Valances from One Roman Shade
One of the challenges I faced in finishing out the sunroom was figuring out how to hide the dirty fascia visible through the top part of the...
Garden Update: Obligatory Flowers, A New Tree and Caged Radishes
We've had an all-time record amount of rain in Seattle this winter. I don't know if that makes for more May flowers than normal, but it's definitely...
Some trees need pants…
While cleaning up the neglected area next to the south easement, I came face to face with this. I had to take a photo and share it. Yes, I am 12. In...
Garden Update: 14 Ferns
This morning I ran around like a crazy person taking pics of all the ferns I could find before the forecasted rain came. These suckers are growing...
Learning how to camera
My phone has a pretty great camera, but after many lackluster specimen photos and no ability to zoom, I figured I should try to level up...