Outdoor Living

Expand Your Tomato Eating Season: Creative Preservation Tips

I’ve had an organic, backyard vegetable garden for over 35 summers, and tomatoes have been in every one. Having a glut of tomatoes as the …

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Green Gardening

I’ve been gardening for enough years now to have had my fair share of common garden pests. One year, it was box elder bugs laying …

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Rafting the Wenatchee River

At high water, the Wenatchee River streaks through the town of Leavenworth like a murmur of starlings. Its water reflects green forests, leafy orchards, and …

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Backyard Test Garden

If you’re a trial seed gardener, this month brings an exciting milestone: transplant day. One such gardener is Hannah Wilson of Rundle’s Urban Farm in …

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Backyard Beekeeping

Tips for making your own honey and protecting local bee populations If you are interested in beekeeping, there are some things you should know before …

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Preserve the fall harvest by canning: Three glass Mason jars of pineapple zucchini.

Preserve the Fall Harvest: Canning & Drying

Ideas, tips, and simple steps to preserve the fall harvest by canning or drying fruits and vegetables at home.

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Inland NW Local Holiday Gift Guide – 2021

Gift guide for featuring locally-made products as well as other items made far away but available at Inland Northwest-based small businesses.

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Flower mural art on a garage door.

Ideas For Beautifying Your Yard with Art

Ideas for how to beautify your home outdoor spaces with art, from shopping local from artisans to simple do-it-yourself projects.

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A full garden box--raised bed with green leafy vegetables and vines.

Benefits of Companion Gardening

Learn about growing compatible plants together in order to create diverse, wild, and healthy garden boxes at home.

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