On the shelves of the nursery in the month of October you will find enticing selections of tulips, daffodils, alliums, crocus, snow drops, and assorted other lesser-known bulbs - all of which, if planted this month, will start blooming in late winter and on into spring…


Now that winter has officially arrived, I thought it would be the perfect time to pontificate on sticks. Sticks? What is he talking about? Think of it this way… We are blessed to live in the paradise we call Washington, the “Evergreen” State, filled with…