I have a few bushes of 10 year old ribes odoratum. Every year, they are loaded with blossoms, but no fruit. Instead, the branch tips which bore...
I just planted two castor bean plants (Ricinus communis) this past week. But I'm not sure, are they winter hardy in the Vancouver area? I am...
That's true, Bosc pears have crispness, but no flavour (at least not the ones from the grocery store). The ones I remember as "winter pears" were...
Some 30 years ago, my parents had what they called a "winter pear". They picked the fruit very late in the year - very late fall or early winter....
I bought some dried goji berries from the grocery store, soaked them and removed the seeds. They started very easily.
I think most nursery stock nowadays is dwarf or semi-dwarf (grafted onto dwarf rootstock). I'd recommend all the "usual" ones : apples, pears,...
Oh, we're away May 9. But I can catch up with y'all another time.
We're away May 2, but otherwise any Sunday afternoon would generally work for me.
According to Wikipedia : The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America, bound by the Pacific Ocean to the west. Always...
You've inherited a great yard! Red huckleberry is a wonderful treat - sour, but nice - it seems to need the rotting stumps or logs as a base....
I have lots of different mosses in my garden. Sometimes I pull it. Other times I try to leave it there - it adds some pretty textures and...
Eve - I'm glad to hear you're planning a Swap, I am looking forward to another get-together... Any ideas on a date yet?
