It pains me to see customers spending hundreds of dollars on new plants and simultaneously refusing to spend a few more on a bag or two of compost and a box of starter fertilizer. These two items are not unnecessary “add-ons” that the retailer is just trying to add to the sale, they are critical components of a successful transplanting process - or as I like to refer to them as “plant insurance”. Unless you have phenomenal soil, you should always add compost and starter fertilizers when you are planting new plants. Here is why…
The Golfing Gardener
Trevor Cameron
Now that winter has officially arrived, I thought it would be the perfect time to pontificate on sticks. Sticks? What is he talking about? Think of it this way… We are blessed to live in the paradise we call Washington, the “Evergreen” State, filled with…