At Ferny’s we are big fans of implementing weed management techniques that don’t include the use of chemical herbicides. Our mild winter coupled with the pleasant spring weather has weeds on overdrive. Here are a few of our tried and true weeding strategies we use around the nursery and with our fine gardening maintenance clients. Manual weeding While manual, hand-weeding can be labor intensive, I have found it to be effective. It’s targeted, keeps damage to non-target plants at a minimum,...

Spring has arrived and now is the perfect time to assess your gardening hand tools. Whether this is your first garden or you’re a seasoned pro, the right tool for the job can make all the difference. I’m a member of our fine gardening maintenance team and here’s a list of my must-have tools for every gardener’s tool belt. The tool wall at Ferny's Gloves Soil can be messy, wet, and cold, so, you’ll always find me wearing a pair of Showa Atlas gloves. They provide a good grip for lifting and...

We’ve had quite a mild winter here in Northwestern Washington in terms of temperature. There are certainly some winters that have been so cold, so dark, and so wet that I absolutely cannot wait to see even just a little peek of bloom by early spring. With our mild temperatures and that long stretch of sunny, dry weather in January I don’t feel quite as tortured by the “Big Dark” as I have in previous years. Nevertheless, the change of seasons is one of my favorite things and I, for one, am...