It may be winter but everyone's brains are beginning to spin with ideas for what they would like to happen in their gardens this upcoming season. It's always time to gather more knowledge and NW Bloom offers consultations for your yard and property, which is...
Do you have avid gardeners in your family? Or those who want to be but they need that extra helping hand? Winter may not seem like gardening time, but it is the best time for planning, preparing, and catching up on maintenance so that you can get the...
As we winterize our gardens and prepare our kitchens for the holidays, a lot of us have been investigating how we can locally source our feast's ingredients. Here at the farm we have been preserving and processing our fruits and vegetables for storage through the...
Lemon balm, Melissa officianalis, of the mint family, Lamiaceae, tends to be in the “love or loath” category for many gardeners. Around here we love our weedy plants if they are edible and utilitarian, making themselves worthwhile around the farm and kitchen. A few of...
We are excited to announce the first of many workshops we will be hosting: HOMEBREWING Taught by Nick Strauss (AKA The Homebrew Husband) of NW Edible Life! [caption id="attachment_3076" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hops for beer growing on a fence in Kirkland, WA[/caption] Over the next few months we will...
Want edibles but only have a small patio? Live on a house boat? Have very limited space? Who says you can't have apples? Columnar Apples are the answer. These wonders will do surprisingly well in a large pot and produce 50+ lbs of fruit on one...
We have been building raingardens for years and they are nearly always included in every one our projects, along with other Low Impact Development techniques. We have a collection of our work on our portfolio here and here, as well as a collection of pictures for...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="149"] Transplanting some healthy Horseradish.[/caption] Horseradish: an interesting herbaceous plant, with a pungent, mustard like root usually enjoyed as a condiment for a nice piece of steak or a hot Ruben sandwich. Some Ruben aficionados would even consider it a necessity to have...
[caption id="attachment_2945" align="alignright" width="300"] Hippophaë rhamnoides. Picture from wikipedia[/caption] Here at the Nursery we have a ton of interesting berry shrubs but one of the useful berries in stock is the Sea Berry or Sea Buckthorn. Our favorite of the Sea Berry is the Titan. It...
Sometimes you find an interesting new (to you) plant that seems too good to be true. Here at the Nursery we have been a little too excited about the Silver Vine, Hot Pepper Kiwi and can't wait to try to the fruit, first hand. This little...
