Poetry In Bloom

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Poetry In Bloom

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15805 Pacific Ave S

City:

Tacoma

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Washington

Zip Code:

98444

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(253) 535-2033

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New farmer growing cut flowers into a business - Fauquier Now

Warrenton area women’s husband died of liver cancer, leaving her to care for their three young children.Rebecca and Ian Bracewell, 49, lived in Tacoma, Wash., at the time of his death.“I was trying to figure out what I was going to do and was thinking about moving back to Virginia,” said Mrs. Bracewell, 39. “I had lived here for a little while when I was younger.”Jokingly, Mrs. Bracewell told her father, Dave Williams, 64, that if he bought her a farm, she would return to Virginia.“So he did,” she recalled with a laugh. “Then it was, ‘OK, now what are we going to do with it’?”Weighing the land’s potential business uses, Mrs. Bracewell concluded that the 26 acres along Green Meadows Road just south of Warrenton wouldn’t be large enough to support a cattle operation and that she had no interest in growing vegetables.“So, I said I love flowers. I know that the flower industry is kind of a ‘thing’.”A federal government contractor, Mr. Williams told his daughter to put together a business plan.Mrs. Bracewell and her mother Wendy Williams, 64, did just that.In late 2018, they launched All Things Farm’s flower operation, which offers more than two dozen spring, summer and fall varieties through its website, Facebook page and Instagram, two area CSAs and a co-operative that supplie...

‘I love ’em to death’: Kennewick woman gives home to hundreds of neglected tortoises - The Seattle Times

While Meyer doesn’t work with many animal rescues, the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County has transferred a handful of tortoises to her over the last...

Keep up on your gardening to-do list - Covington-Maple Valley Reporter

Rosa Rugosa” varieties. I grow a number of Rugosa roses in my front yard and the deer leave them alone. R.K. Tacoma A. Thanks for the tip. The Rugosa roses are also tolerant of salt spray, severe wind, dry soil and resistant to insects and disease. In the fall they produce bright red rose hips for winter color. Some have long bloom times but most flower just once in early summer. They are very thorny and very large plants however. Rugosa roses are suitable for a hedge in a large garden, but they can be difficult to prune or keep under control. I am so glad the deer ignore your Rugosa roses – deer eat different plants depending on where they live and some gardeners report deer nibbling on their Rugosa roses but still leaving enough of this vigorous plant for the gardener to enjoy. Q. My hanging petunia basket only has blooms on the tips. We may have allowed it to dry out while on vacation. Anything we can do to make it look nice again? H.J., Enumclaw A. Time to get snippy with your petulant petunia and prune back the long branches by one-half to one-third its length. Then fertilize it with a liquid plant food such as Miracle Grow or Peter’s Professional plant food and keep the soil moist. Try not to use cold water on your petunia baskets. One way to do this is to fill a watering can or plastic gallon jug of water and a pinch of fertilizer every time you water. Then the waiting water in the jug will warm up to a tepid temperature overnight and not shock your heat loving petunias. Just like us humans, many plants do not enjoy the shock of very cold water on a hot day. Keep the foliage of your petunias dry when you water as well. In a few weeks the new growth will cover all your pruning scars and you’ll get a second chance to keep your petunia basket in bloom until frost. Q. I want to grow Lady’s Mantle as a border plant in my perennial garden. Will it reseed all over a...

13 Earth Day 2019 Events Happening In Puget Sound - Seattle, WA Patch

There will be live music and food trucks. Point Defiance Cleanup Saturday, 9 a.m. Point Defiance Marina, TacomaHelp clean up Owen Beach and the Rhododendron Garden trail network. Free coffee and hot cocoa. Post-cleanup celebration at Dystopian State Brewery. Larson Lake Cleanup Monday, 11 a.m. Samena Swim and Recreation, BellevueMeet at the front desk at 11 a.m. for a cleanup party along the Larson Lake trails. Bags and gloves provided. Hamlin Park Forest Rehab Saturday, 10 a.m. Hamlin Park, ShorelineVolunteers will remove invasive plants in the park. Tools and training provided. Adopt-A-Street Saturday, 10 a.m. Oakbrook Park, LakewoodVolunteers will clean Onyx Drive leading up to the Oakbrook entrance. Tools provided. Plant Guilds Workshop Saturday, 10 a.m. Beacon Food Forest, SeattleLearn from experts how to group trees and plants to create small ecosystems. Tools provided, but bring water and dress appropriately. Our Ocean and You Monday, 6:30 p.m. Mark Twain Elementary, KirklandThis event is for parents and kids in the Lake Washington School District with environmental speaker Annie Crawley. Keep Issaquah Beautiful Day Saturday, 9 a.m. IssaquahIssaquah residents are encouraged to pick up litter, plant flowers or anything to beautify the city. Special emphasis in the downtown area. Earth Day Ivy Pull Saturday, 9 a.m. Edmonds City ParkHelp remove invasive English ivy in the downtown-area park. Carnivorous Terrariums Class Saturday, 11 a.m. Enumclaw LibraryLearn how to care for these delicate and interesting plants.

Don't limit your choices when planting spring-blooming bulbs

Can you tell me the name of the spring-flowering native bulb with tall stems and blue flowers? W., Tacoma A. You must mean the native Camassia or quamash, a 2-foot-tall spring bloomer native to the mountain meadows of the Cascade Mountains. This deer-and-rodent-resistant bulb was an important food source for Native Americans and the early pioneers. Now you can order the bulbs from commercial growers in the Netherlands so native meadows will not be damaged by plant poachers. The camassia is blue in the wild but the starry flowers now also come in pink, white and a shorter variety with variegated foliage called Camassia Blue Melody. Unlike most spring-flowering bulbs the Camassia likes a bit of moisture in the soil, even during the summer months. Casmassia bulbs can be found for sale at local garden centers now or you can order the different varieties from a bulb grower online. Time to spread the garden gossip on this native plant. Camassia blooms, although tall, colorful and impressive don't last very long. Mine were in flower for less than a week last spring but the yellowing foliage persisted for months. Reach Marianne Binetti through her website at binettigarden.com or write to her at P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw WA 98022.

Tre Flowers impresses in debut, could be second Seahawks rookie in 2 years to win starting job at corner

Related stories from Tacoma News Tribune Flowers has the potential to be the second Seahawks rookie in two years to earn a starting role at cornerback. Shaquill Griffin, who shifted to left cornerback this season after Richard Sherman's departure, did the same last year. But winning a starting job isn't Flowers' immediate priority - he just wants to play again next week, and in the weeks after.