Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention.

TACOMA — The teeth-rattling roar of a harvester is shattering the peace at Filbert Acres in Puyallup. The commotion erupts from a “hazelnut picker” that farmer Jonathan Nichols pulls through the rows ...

•Water, water, water. Even your big old shrubs are going to need a deep soak at this point. •Dig bearded iris now. Replant rhizomes from the outer edge of a clump before September. Place the rhizome ...

A friend and I were enjoying breakfast at the Burger King on Whitesburg Drive and couldn't help but notice that wonderful gnarly, small tree that still has "cigar-shaped" dead leaves on it. It sort of ...

Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts, and I’ve joined in the game by removing excess seedlings, letting just ...