Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 We had a large, old, dead tree cut down.  The arborist had a truck load of chipped tree branches, including those from our tree, so I ask...

Another pile of arborist chips.   2.11.16  I heard the heavy equipment noise down the street and went to check it out.  An arborist was ...

Now and then I call an arborist in my neighborhood and ask for him to leave a pile of tree chips in my driveway.  Thank you!  That saves...

Raised bed planted with bean seeds and protected with fencing.  5.11.15  The former strawberry bed was weedy and the soil level sunken l...

Creative Grass Mowing.  6.21.14  Yesterday I mowed around the raised beds, and other areas of the second acre.  Most people in this...

Ning gave me 2 bales of straw. Not my birthday. Great present. With temps in 80s the plants will grow rapidly. The soil will dry out rap...

I was headed out to haul some bark mulch and pulled a back muscle while changing shoes. Oh the irony - didn't even haul one load. Three...

Other than the Burpee order, here's what I did today: Got out the branch & leaf shredded, did some minor repair, and ground up all o...

Today (Saturday), I... Weeded the rose bed. This bed now has almost as many fruit trees, brambles, and plants, as roses, but still contains ...

Here is the rose and fruit raised bed after adding a layer of yard waste compost. this is about 1/2 of a truck load, but since it's hea...

That crazy leaf guy (me). While walking Charlie & Baigo, I passed a lady packaging up her leaves. I asked if I could have them. Here the...