Monday, November 23, 2009 - Page updated at 02:07 a.m.

Plant Life
Valerie Easton is a Seattle freelance writer and contributing editor for Horticulture magazine. Her book, "Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest" (Sasquatch Books, 2002) is a selection of her columns in Pacific Northwest magazine.
Sunday, November 22
Plant Life | Good soil is the secret to successful gardening
Sunday, November 15
Plant Life | At Seattle's Bastille, the garden goodies are on the roof
Sunday, November 8
Plant Life | Hedgerows offer variety and shelter to urban gardens
Sunday, November 1
Plant Life | In the fall garden, we relish what remains
Sunday, October 25
Plant Life | A Japanese maple collector revels in the colorful variety
Sunday, October 18
Plant Life | Vancouver Land Bridge reconnects a river to a people, a past
Sunday, October 11
Plant Life | 'Black Plants' shows the beauty of the darker side
Sunday, October 4
Plant Life | Plant Amnesty founder picks 10 indispensable plants
Sunday, September 27
Plant Life | Beautiful and well-behaved, they can soothe and solve many a trouble
Sunday, September 20
Plant Life | Skagit Valley tulip bulbs offer color, size, shape galore
Sunday, September 13
Plant Life | Erratic weather signals a need to change our gardening ways
Sunday, September 6
Plant Life | Seattle-area gardeners have a talk, a book, a sale and some flowers to look forward to
Sunday, August 30
Plant Life | The newer broadleaf evergreens offer color, fragrance and dependability
Sunday, August 23
Plant Life | A thyme lawn saves time, energy and water
Sunday, August 16
Plant Life | From a huge selection, an expert picks his favorite hydrangeas
Sunday, August 9
Plant Life | To dress up a hot deck, pick durable plants and pull out some pots
Sunday, July 26
Plant Life | Dwarf and mini-trees and shrubs offer lots of fruit with little space or effort


