Sue Kidd is the Lifestyle Editor at The News Tribune and the ringleader for the Home&Garden section. She is a decent vegetable gardener, but occasionally a tragic mess at growing other stuff. She’ll blog about gardening events, gadgets, her weird obsession with guerrilla gardening and all her assorted garden disasters. E-mail her with thoughts/rants/questions/bizarre observations. sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com.
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Another question from a reader. Anyone have thoughts? Comment here or e-mail me at sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com.
My question is regarding pruning the older (blueberry) plants. Are the blossoms on new growth or older growth? I do some pruning in the fall and wait until a freeze is not apt to happen, to do more extensive work, especially for branches that cross each other. Any advice you can give I will certainly appreciate.
A reader poses the question below on what kind of grasses and trees to plan in a non functioning drainage easement. Anyone have thoughts? Reply with a comment or e-mail me at sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com.
I live in Milton and have an area that is an easement for drainage, but does not actually function in that manner. It's about 10 ft by 60 ft with 2 collection drains installed. I have plans to install a dry wash type run with rocks from earlier ground work. I want to plant grasses and other items that are native to WA and to provide a habitat for birds and bees. I currently have homes for mason bees and plan to install more this year. I want to get some height from the grasses and would consider fruit trees. We have an apple, and an almond tree that I'm not sure will get through this
winter.
