Category Archives: Drainage

Winter Rains Bring Soggy Lawns

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ann Lovejoy
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Print PDF Time To Make Your Rain Garden? Last week, snow and high winds kept most of us home, snug indoors while nature ran wild outside. Here on Bainbridge Island, we had over six inches of snow, layered with ice, … Continue reading →

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Planting Peas On (or Around) Saint Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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Print PDF Plant Those Peas Any Time Now Generations of gardeners have sown their peas on Saint Patrick’s Day. The timing is more or less accurate, but there’s a better way to be sure that garden conditions are truly right. … Continue reading →

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Eradicating Buttercups and Horsetail

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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Print PDF Beautiful But Dangerous As spring arrives, the garden fills with primroses, crocus, and daffodils. If you live on heavy clay soil, the garden may also fill up with buttercups and horsetail. It’s really quite fascinating that weeds this … Continue reading →

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Draining Away The Rain

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Ann Lovejoy
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One excellent way to take up excess water is with a bio-sponge bed full of plants that enjoy standing water. In order not to create a thirsty monster, choose natives that are accustomed to wet winters and dry summers. For instance, twiggy dogwoods, compact willows, reed grasses and many carexes Continue reading →

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