An area of summer thunderstorms and cumulus convection is moving through tonight, and for many of you this is the first rain in weeks.Let's look at recent radar imagery every two hours.5 PM: lots of showers on the coast and offshore.7 PM: the coastal showers moved inland and substantial thunderstorms hit eastern WA.9 PM: Puget...
First, thank you to all who attended the reading from my book's history of the Garden Tour. My campaign to raise funds to print my book "Garden On, Vashon: a year-round, years-back look at how we garden, farm, and cultivate our Island Paradise," continues thru June: click here to see my Kickstart page. Last...
The short answer is YES!Today I received pictures from several of you regarding some wondrous halos in the sky. Others noted an impressive collection of contrails...and there is no accident that both apparitions appeared at the same time: the ultimate cause is the same.Here is a very nice picture from Brendan Fields showing both appearing...
More and more folks are putting up rooftop solar panels here in the Northwest. And some of them are getting results that seem bizarre.Take the case of Ted Weiler of Kenmore, WA, who sent me a note that other day wondering why he sometimes gets higher peak solar output from his panels during partly cloudy...
I love a good kitchen garden. And when it comes with cows, goats, calves, kids, and samples of fresh goat cheese on a sunny slope overlooking a lavender field, well, there's a scene that's hard to beat. Cindy Ward's Humble Bumble Farm soaks up the sun in the Cherry Hill Creek drainage on 188th....
I'll bet many folks remember certain gardens not for the plants, but for the great meals eaten there, the poured wine and flowing talk, the sheer enjoyment of The Good Life al fresco. Linda Weiss & Ron Gawith's garden is all about those moments. They enjoy life lived outdoors as much as in, and their garden...
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