When we built our vegetable garden more than a decade ago, complete with raised beds and an 8-foot tall fence, it included three compost bins. We hailed from Seattle with a small yard. The only thing …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/31/23
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For Jim Watts, spring means time on the road with hundreds of thousands of bees in his truck. One by one he visits an ever-growing list of home orchards, hobby farms, clearcuts and gardens. At each, …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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4/27/23
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The month of May is when the garden finally starts to look like a garden. The seeds I sowed two to four weeks before the last frost date have finally sprouted and the transplants of lettuce and kale …
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Kamryn Minch
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4/27/23
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This time of year, the morning sun enters the house at the perfect angle to shine light on how much dust and cobwebs have accumulated in the living room, signaling that spring is almost …
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Kamryn Minch
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3/1/23
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For residents of the PNW, the transition between hot and windbreaker weather is as welcome as the resurrection of pumpkin spice lattes.
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Kamryn Minch
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9/28/22
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The fruit harvest will be low in home orchards across the Key Peninsula this year.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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9/28/22
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Longbranch is ready to welcome a new community garden. What began as piece of land riddled with blackberry bushes, shrubs and trash has been developed into a budding garden for the community to …
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Lauren Trench, KP News
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7/27/22
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Before I started my garden, I was constantly daydreaming about starting my garden. I don’t know what sparked this mild obsession, but I assume one Pinterest post led to another and after a …
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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6/29/22
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When driving along the Key Peninsula Highway through Key Center, pay attention to the litter-free roadside and notice the hanging baskets, large flower-filled pots and weeded beds along the road. The …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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6/29/22
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Most people who drive the section of Key Peninsula Highway between Home and Whiteman Road get a lift from seeing the white picket fence, the blossom-filled yard and the little flower stand on the …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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4/26/22
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I was out working in the garden the other day (what else is new?), crawling under some rhododendrons, thankful it’s not yet spider web season, and gently scraping my hand rake along the top …
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Kamryn Minch
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4/26/22
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In the woods near Penrose Point State Park, Rod Collen and his fiancée Shannon Garrett have spent the last two years building a 900-square-foot mushroom-shaped cabin.
They purchased a …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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1/27/22
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Diane Grant, who lives in Lakebay, harvested a tomato this year that she had never seen before. She loved the flavor and was afraid she might never find it again. Could she save the seeds and rest …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/28/21
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People of the Key Peninsula love their orchards, as evidenced by the apple trees growing everywhere. Historically, most apples on the Key Peninsula were grown for private use.
Tim Kezele grew up …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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9/29/21
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Drought is the natural summer state on the Key Peninsula. The Pacific Northwest has a Mediterranean climate, with most rain falling in the winter when plants don’t necessarily need it, and dry …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/28/21
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There is something about fuchsias, especially the upright hardy varieties.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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6/30/21
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It’s summertime and berry season is upon us. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/26/21
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Tomatoes. For some, the memory of the first bite of a garden-grown vine-ripened tomato ranks right up there with a first kiss. Or the birth of a child.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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4/28/21
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For many a practical Key Peninsula gardener, this is the time to focus on the vegetable garden —planting seeds, nurturing starts — but this is also a time when the more fanciful aspects …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/31/21
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In these times of polarization, when it comes to weeds, Key Peninsula gardeners exhibit a refreshingly cheerful agree-to-disagree attitude.
Weeds are the bane of many a gardener’s existence. …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/24/21
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