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Articles by Colleen Miko published in WestSound Home & Garden Magazine, dedicated to gardening on the Kitsap Pensinsula and Pacific Northwest landscape projects.

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Cultivate your Child’s Love of Gardening
Allowing a bit of creative autonomy is the key to encouraging children to spend time in the garden.  Children can be reluctant to try something new, afraid of doing something wrong or making a mess.  With their own space to experiment...
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Investing in Growth Stalks
Growing your own fruits and vegetables is popular. With the locavore movement in full swing, more people are grasping the benefits of eating food from local sources: better flavor and selection, higher nutrient content, a smaller environmental footprint, supporting local farmers, smaller grocery bills. Everyone has different reasons to shop the farmers market and tend a backyard plot...
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Tips for Planting Out of Season
The best time of the year to plant in Western Washington is the dormant season. This article provides tips for successful planting even in the heat of summer.... (more)

 



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Extending the Season with a Firepit
There's a reason firepits have become increasingly popular: With more and more people wanting to spend time outdoors, it's natural to do so around a warm and inviting fire... (more)

 



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Trees: Caring For Your Yards Greatest Asset
John Muir once remarked that nothing in man's experience holds his interest from childhood to old age like nature. And in the natural world few things evoke the kind of awe like trees do... (more)

 



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Finding Your Roots
Many plants are available in spring as "bare root". It's an easy concept--a plant sold without a pot and thus without potting soil. But why?
And why buy "balled and burlapped" when containers seem to do the trick? ... (more)

 


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Sweeten the Pot: step by step instructions to make a mosaic planter.
This project is the ideal introduction to the craft of mosaics.
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Restoring The Life of a Wetland
A before and after look at a backyard wetland restoration in Port Orchard
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