Welcome to our gardening adventure. Let’s grow it together! The meaning of salal (Gaultheria shallon) – “Walk the beauty way, that enlivens experiencing beauty, presence and equanimity, which enhances ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A yard has a variety of pollinator friendly plants. - Oliver Helbig/Getty Images Ground covers are great for suppressing weeds and ...

Including blueberries in the backyard landscape provides visual interest year round and invites hummingbirds to visit and rest awhile. (Marci Degman/Special to the Argus) A popular practice for many ...

Hard to believe, but fall is here. The air is crisp and rain will soon become a common companion. But there are still lots of questions coming in about gardening. This week, readers ask for advice on ...

One of B.C.'s most abundant plants is in trouble: patches of hardy salal plants are turning up brown, crispy and dying. Richard Hamelin, a professor of forest pathology at UBC's Faculty of Forestry, ...

In recent years, many gardeners have embraced native plants and for excellent reasons. Well-adapted to our changeable PNW weather, low-maintenance native plants feed and shelter native wildlife, from ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A cold, dry winter ...