by Chuck McClung
Remember way back in late winter you saw those spectacular purple and yellow crocus blooming? Remember last spring seeing those little short tulips in that rock garden down the street? Remember those pink cupped daffodils? Remember how much you’ve been trying to remember to go get some bulbs this fall and plant them
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by Jennifer Olson
Got containers? You can get gardening! No matter what kind of space you have – whether it be a small balcony, tiny windowsill, porch, yard or acreage – anyone can do container gardening.
There are a few basic rules to container gardening: sunlight, adequate container size, daily watering and good soil.
You can grow just
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by Marie Biondolillo
Feeling uninspired by that patch of drying thatch outside your front door? Fear not–with a little time and effort, you can transform your front lawn into a thriving, edible ecosystem.
Until very recently, humans used their yards to grow useful, food-producing plants.  “It wasn’t until the last couple of decades that the disconnect between
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An interview with local farmers Crystine Goldberg and Brian Campbell, of Uprising Organics, the first 100% Certified Organic seed company in Washington State.
interview by Becca Schwarz Cole
Crystine Goldberg and Brian Campbell, of Uprising Organics, have been growing fresh organic produce on leased acreage in Acme, in the South Fork Valley of Whatcom County, for
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by Chelsea Davis
It is time to get things growing. Gardeners across Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties have taken this to heart and the local nurseries couldn’t be happier. With the growing interest in planting food, local nurseries have seen increased sales in food bearing trees, plants and shrubs.
All across the country more and more
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by Chuck McClung
Tomatoes are one of the most popular garden vegetables all over the country. Everybody wants to grow tomatoes. Certainly, the best tasting tomatoes are home grown. That distinctive fragrance of a tomato plants’ leaves signals that warmer days are back again. Many derive their inspiration for gardening solely from the possibility of growing
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by Brita Adkinson
COUNTY – Early spring’s  warm and sunny weather has brought benefits to local nurseries, as residents prepare to start their gardens, and to farmers, who are getting an early start to the season.
“The warm weather has given us quite a fast start,” said Terry Maczuga, farm manager at Cloud Mountain Farm in Everson.
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