Category: Spring Blog Posts

Douglas Fir Treats

FacebookTwitteremailShare…Celebrate Spring with Douglas Fir Filled with Vitamin C in early spring, Douglas Fir tips offer an abundance of choices for creating delicious and healthy treats. Here are some of my favorites. Send me yours if you come up with a recipe you love! Douglas Fir Treats TEA: The most basic way to enjoy fir tips […]

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Western Redbud

FacebookTwitteremailShare…Western Redbud -gardening blog by Darlene Ward At the end of winter, our landscape is clothed in a subdued green of pines and a ghostly grey of dormant branches, grounded with the refreshing green of grasses started by winter rain. Gradually a purplish haze covers shrubs here and there, and then suddenly there is an […]

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Enjoy Art from Native, Wild Materials

FacebookTwitteremailShare…Wild: Art Celebrating the Nature of this Place Art inspired by the natural environment that surrounds us, provides an opportunity for intimacy with the local landscape. It opens new visions of the place we reside. On May 29th, 5-7 pm, we will feature 10 local artists working with native, wild materials. The show represents a […]

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Remove Scotch Broom!

FacebookTwitteremailShare… Scotch Broom Removal Last chance to remove entire root and plant on your property and neighborhood before the flowers go to seed! Every spring, the yellow flowers of invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius, pea family) line local roadways. Although pretty when in bloom, each plant can produce up to 40,000 seeds that can survive in the ground […]

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