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In the garden: Le Tour des Plants

Although I wouldn't have picked the name myself, I have to admit it makes me grin just looking at it: Le Tour des Plants. Start your hybrid and bicycle engines running, my gardening friends, because...

Geri Larkin

/ September 3, 2008

Culture

No longer in the garden: pesky starlings

A hummingbird nest with two chicks. (Wikimedia Commons contributor <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IMG_2377.JPG' target='_blank'>Miksmith</a>).

Geri Larkin

/ August 27, 2008

Culture

A tribute to eccentrics

Our garden writer shares why those who refuse to follow the herd can best teach us.

Geri Larkin

/ August 22, 2008

Culture

In the bamboo garden

(<a href='http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/4587263_vWbUu#270481002_qJAsX' target='_blank'>Paul Vlaar</a>, Wikimedia Commons)

Geri Larkin

/ August 13, 2008

Culture

(Not) in the garden: bees

Northern California toyon (<i>Heteromeles arbutifolia</i>) in early winter, with fruit. (Splarka, Wikimedia Commons)

Geri Larkin

/ August 5, 2008

Culture

In the garden: your pain about Spain cured on the main

Skullcap. (Kurt Stueber, Wikimedia Commons)

Geri Larkin

/ August 5, 2008

Culture

In the garden: U-pick blueberries

(National Park Service)

Geri Larkin

/ July 21, 2008

Culture

In the garden: mean girls

Aphids attacking a rose bud. (Wikimedia Commons, contributor Nvineeth)

Geri Larkin

/ July 14, 2008

Politics

The governor releases her IRS return; Dino Rossi still won't

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has released her IRS returns for the past three years. Gregoire's Republican challenger, former state Sen. Dino Rossi, continues to decline to release his.

Austin Jenkins

/ July 9, 2008

Culture

In the garden: Random joy

Lavender. (Wikimedia Commons, Contributor Fir0002)

Geri Larkin

/ July 8, 2008