Portland Yard Garden & Patio Show

February 23,24,and 25th, you’ll find us in Portland at The Yard Garden & Patio Show. Nichols Garden Nursery is at booth 812. Stop by and see us, if you mention The Gardener’s Pantry blog, we’d like you to have a complimentary packet of sunflower or spinach seed, your choice. This show is at the beautiful [...]

February, garden show time!

As you might imagine, February is a busy month for us. Gardeners are ordering seeds and ready to plant. I seem to be falling a bit behind on my blog but stay with me as that will change.
It’s flower show time in the Northwest and Keane and I head up to Seattle Thursday, February 15th [...]

Forcing Spring Branches

Watching bare twigs come into spring bloom brings a soothing joy into the house. I often pick quince branches on January 1 as a ritual of the New Year. However, if weather is cold, results are faster if I wait a few days for the sap to rise in response to warmer temperatures. A kitchen [...]

Spring Turns Up

Ah, just the first few signs of spring and I begin coaxing quince and forsythia branches into bloom. We have had a lovely sunny week here in Western Oregon, and while it is still cool that extra sunshine has begun turning fields and lawns into a soft green haze. Of course there are spots that [...]