Seed Cleaning 101
We’ve already begun sowing the seeds for the 2015 seedlings. Some of the seeds we take from storage in the freezer, having…
Harvesting summer fruits
One of the great pleasures of summer in Central Washington is the abundance of fresh fruit to enjoy: cherries! peaches! serviceberries! Over the…
My Tronsen Ridge Suite
Last week I made a seed collecting foray to Tronsen Ridge above Blewett Pass, escaping the smoke-filled Wenatchee Valley. This area is easily…
Disjunct Plants, or “How did THAT get here?”
North Central Washington has a concentration of endemic plant species, those found growing nowhere else (see blog post of July 1st, 2014). This…
Endemic Plants: Special Ones from the Wenatchee Mountains
Thompson’s clover (Trifolium thompsonii) Endemic plants are those found only in a limited geographic area. The Wenatchee Mountains of Chelan and Kittitas Counties…