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May 29, 2023
General Gardening
Ben Smith
Compost and Fertilizer - A Boring But Necessary ...

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…

Compost and Fertilizer - A Boring But Necessary Topic
July 12, 2021
Summer Gardening
Ben Smith
The Secrets Of Proper Summer Watering

Summer watering is inevitable in the northwest if we want to keep our landscapes green and healthy…

The Secrets Of Proper Summer Watering
Ben Smith
August 29, 2016

Back To (Gardening) School - Fall Semester Is Beginning

Ben Smith
August 29, 2016

Summer is just about over and the kids are all going back to school.  And guess what?  It’s time for gardeners to...

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Ben Smith
August 22, 2016

Water, Bats & Spiders

Ben Smith
August 22, 2016

I know my column last week was all about watering, but with these days of really hot temperatures I feel it’s important to briefly touch on...

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Ben Smith
August 15, 2016

The Magic Of Water

Ben Smith
August 15, 2016

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were traveling down Highway 97 in Eastern Oregon on our way to Crater Lake.  That area of Oregon is...

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Ben Smith
August 1, 2016

The August To-Do List

Ben Smith
August 1, 2016

What a strange year this has been.  It feels like we have yet to experience summer.  Despite a conflicted weather pattern, my garden seems to be...

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Ben Smith
July 25, 2016

Perfect Perennials For Summer

Ben Smith
July 25, 2016

My life is filled with plants.   In the nursery I have thousands of them.  In my garden probably hundreds.  They range from...

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Ben Smith
July 18, 2016

What The Heck Is A "Nativar"?

Ben Smith
July 18, 2016

Every year we have thousands of new words added to our English dictionary, many of them coming from...

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Ben Smith
July 11, 2016

Become A "Pollinator Partner"

Ben Smith
July 11, 2016

I think most gardeners are aware that bees are in decline.  Bee keepers in particular have seen high percentage losses due to something called...

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Ben Smith
July 4, 2016

July To-Do List

Ben Smith
July 4, 2016

July is an interesting month in the northwest.  Often it is a time for a second start in the garden...

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Ben Smith
June 27, 2016

Random Comments On The Season

Ben Smith
June 27, 2016

Now that we have finished the first 6 months of the year, I feel compelled to report on my observations and future forecasts for the summer.  It has been an interesting season so far, to say the least...

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Ben Smith
June 20, 2016

Managing Leaf Diseases

Ben Smith
June 20, 2016

One drawback to living in a maritime climate, like the northwest, is that all of the extra moisture in the air encourages fungus and bacterial issues with our plants.  More specifically...

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Winter may have just begun, but it has been a strange one for us thus far.  We were blessed with a few frosts last week, but really have had minimal cold weather invade our corner of the PNW.  No arctic blast came in November, just copious amounts of our signature liquid sunshine.  I know I speak for everyone when I…

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