Garden Blog

We've been using biodiesel fuel for over two years in our primary landscaping truck, a 1996 Isuzu NPR, as well as the seldom used retired post office truck we nicknamed "the bread truck".   They run as well on it as they do on petroleum...

Landscaping is a very satisfying endeavor.  It is so wonderful to revisit the gardens we have built years ago and marvel at the potency imbued in little plants as they progress into maturity.  Sun and soil, water and warmth, elbow grease and...

We welcome an opportunity to implement our organic landscaping strategies on even the most challenging sites. For this project,  the homeowner wanted a way to address the difficult to mow slope and wanted to achieve a low-maintenance result.  We suggested a planting plan, but first we...

We've resolved on of the more vexing issues we encounter when it comes to the inspector-contractor interface of a raingarden project. We now use wooden stakes driven into the soil at elevation points of reference to establish an ease-of-verifying benchmarks for the Seattle Public Utilities...