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Forest Edges — Problems and Possibilities
Since the edges of the forest are often sunny, they provide the opportunity to grow a large diversity of native plants, but weeds can be a problem.
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The Sobering Cost of High-Density Planting
Using the spacing guidelines from the Green Seattle Partnership and current retail prices from a local native plant nursery I estimate that installing a dense planting of natives…
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How Much Time Will it Take to Restore Your Backyard Forest?
Like many residents in the Puget lowland, you may have infestations of invasive plants in your backyard forest that you want to tackle – more than you can…
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What’s Up?
One of the joys of backyard forest restoration is watching the native flowers come up in the Spring.
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Garlic Mustard Tops the State’s List of Backyard Baddies
Recently, the State of Washington’s Noxious Weed Control Board completed its annual update to the list of Class A, B, and C Noxious Weeds. I spent time studying…
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Done Well, Forest Restoration Includes Caring for the Soil
The rate of topsoil formation in our region is painfully slow – less than 1” every 2,000 years. Only 7” has accumulated (at most) since the last glacier…
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