Heat Days in the Pacific Northwest

How to manage your garden through the dry and hot days

The Pacific Northwest summer has arrived! The sparkling sun on the Salish Sea waters, bright, beautiful flowers blooming in our gardens, zucchini and tomatoes ripening, what’s not to like? Increasingly our summer weather window has widened on each side of the few months we are used to feeling the heat, making June and September hotter […]

The Waning Days of Summer

What a summer we have had in the Pacific Northwest! From record heat to minimal rain to smoky skies that kept us indoors we have all been challenged to keep our gardens alive and thriving. Our rainfall measure since April ended (and that was a rainy month!) stands at 0.88 inches total. An average summer […]