Home & Garden

Fragrant fields, lavender reverie in Roy

Barbara Hulscher traces her love of lavender to a childhood home in Ohio, where the gardens were filled with the fragrant flower. She enjoyed the scent wafting through the air and the hum of bees going about their work.

Avoid mess by staying on top of weeds

Offering baths attracts birds, bees to garden

When decks go bad

Less than two months ago, a second-story deck collapsed in Westport, and 11 people ended up at the hospital. And those unlucky people were luckier than first appears.

Alas, junk is the new green

It doesn’t get any greener than junk, according to Sue Whitney and Kimberly Melamed.

Potted trees and shrubs can thrive in your garden

If you’re wondering whether it’s too late to add trees and shrubs to the landscape at the end of June, the answer is dig in and just grow for it – with some warnings. Trees and shrubs sold in containers at nurseries usually are safe to add to the garden any time the ground is not frozen. But only if you live in Western Washington.

Get thee to a stumpery

A stumpery is one of six private gardens that make up this year’s garden tour on Vashon Island today and Sunday.

Low calcium causes rot in tomatoes

Rock out in the garden

The uses of gravel in American gardens typically conjure up images of drainage swales, the fringes on the sides of the road and a cheap alternative to an asphalt driveway.

Mowing essential to maintain lawns