The Bee’s Knees - News You Can Use
Perimeter Shield
Plant fall trees, sow inoculated cover crop mixes, and apply winter soil amendments across Western Washington homesteads.
Coastal Roots
Plant fall alliums, cover crop grains, and spring bulbs while gathering the final autumn harvest across Western Washington gardens.
Shelter Belts
Learn how multi-tiered living windbreaks reduce autumn wind velocity and create warm microclimates across exposed Pacific Northwest gardens.
Sinking the Harvest
Learn how to convert autumn leaves into porous leaf mold and integrate perennial root networks to capture heavy rains before winter saturation.
Sowing the Sponge
September in the Pacific Northwest calls for harvesting summer heat-lovers while seeding hardy overwintering greens along moist soil contours before early rains arrive.
Resilient Systems
Protect your late-summer garden beds and harvest alliums for long storage using simple, incremental techniques tuned to our maritime climate.
Sowing the Second Spring
Step into Western Washington’s second spring to gather the peak of late-summer harvests while direct-sowing resilient fall greens beneath the quiet dust of August soil.
Lasting Roots
You care about this region, but you need a reliable, grounded rhythm to follow so you can stop over-working your land.
Precision Biomass Cycling
Stop treating midsummer garden maintenance as a cleanup chore. Learn how to transform every pruning cut and weed pull into an advanced moisture-retention system.
The Abundance Loop
July’s peak warmth is the ultimate test of garden efficiency. Learn what to harvest now and how to direct those immediate returns straight into our midsummer planting strategies.
The Wealth of the Scrap Heap
As the July heat sets in across Western Washington, the landscape shifts into a masterclass of resource efficiency.
Multitudes in the Mulch
Stop spraying and start integrating your garden's unpaid workforce this June.
Solstice Convergence
Balance your summer irrigation loops and lay the structural foundation for your winter harvest this June.
Cooperative Canopy
As June accelerates growth across Western Washington, our landscapes thrive when we stop managing elements in isolation.