Katie BurnhamSep 68 minSeptember Gardening ChecklistKnowing where to start in the garden can be a completely overwhelming feeling. There's so many weeds! There's too much to do! The grass...
Katie BurnhamAug 118 minAugust Gardening TipsRight this minute, it's already mid-August and I've only just now carved out a few minutes to peel off my gloves and put down my hand-hoe...
Katie BurnhamJul 3010 minRisks of Municipal Waste Biosolid Compost: What Gardeners Should KnowA few weeks ago, a client asked me if I had ever heard about a local company that makes garden compost. And for legal reasons, I'm not...
Katie BurnhamJul 117 minDo's and Don'ts of July Gardening in the Pacific NorthwestA Monthly Garden Guide for July Here in the Pacific Northwest, it finally feels like summer and it finally is summer! Annual flowers are...
Katie BurnhamMar 102 minLate-Winter Garden Musings: Sprouts, Fruit Tree Pruning, and Cover CropsLately, here on Vashon Island, it's felt a lot more like spring than winter! The frigid cold and incessant rain of January subsided in...
Katie BurnhamOct 16, 20236 minMaximizing Your Garden's Potential: 15 Essential Autumn Gardening ChoresSummer ended with a sigh of relief here on Vashon Island. Most of my perennial plants were at their wits' end after a hot and dry summer...
Katie BurnhamJan 5, 20238 min9 Winter Garden Activities to Keep Your Garden Thriving in the ColdIn my last post, I declared to the world that winter is a time for reprieve from the garden--to relax and rejoice in the fact that there...
Katie BurnhamJan 1, 20236 minCreative Ways to Keep Your Garden Thriving Through the Winter MonthsWinter is in full swing here in the Pacific Northwest and as I sit in my kitchen, drinking tea, curled up in a quilt, and warmed by the wood