If you share your space with animals, winter is not just about staying upright on the ice. It is also about taking care of paws and protecting the soil and plants those paws walk on. In the Pacific Northwest, where winter storms are often a mix of freezing rain, slush, and short cold snaps, ice […]
Pacific Northwest winters can be strange. One week it is steady rain, the next it is black ice on every driveway and walkway. When that happens, the right ice melt stops being a “nice to have” and quickly becomes a safety decision for your family, customers, employees, and delivery drivers. At the same time, many […]
January can feel like a “waiting room” month in the Pacific Northwest. The lawn is often soggy, the beds look tired, and the rain seems endless. It might not feel like a big gardening month, but what you do now quietly decides how easy – or frustrating – your spring season will be. Extension specialists […]
Winter is when the soil finally gets quiet enough for you to hear what it has been trying to tell you all year. Those stacks of lab reports on the dash or kitchen table are not just paperwork. They are: The challenge is that most soil reports are written in a way that can feel […]
Cold, wet winters are hard on more than morale. They: By the time you are thinking about corn or small grains, the field is carrying all of that history into the new season. The result can be: The good news is that a thoughtful spring fertility plan can account for what winter did to your […]
When winter drags on, it is very tempting to dream about tomatoes, snap peas, and zucchini, then wait to think about fertilizer until the day you plant. By then it is usually too late to fix: You do not need a complicated program to avoid those problems. You do need a simple, calm plan that […]
When snow melts and the first warm days arrive, turf and landscape areas split into two groups. There are places that wake up quickly: And there are the others: The difference is rarely just “more fertilizer.” It is usually: In this article, we will walk through a practical, spring-focused approach for lawns, sports fields, and […]
Fruit trees and berry plants spend winter looking quiet, but inside those buds everything important for your next harvest is already being planned. When you walk an orchard or berry block in late winter you are really seeing: A small timing mistake, an overaggressive nitrogen application, or ignoring potassium and calcium can all show up […]
Winter cover crops do a lot of good work while the main crop is off the field. They: But all that good work also changes what you need to do with fertilizer when spring arrives. If you treat a high biomass cover crop field like bare fallow ground, you can end up with: This article […]
Alfalfa, grass hay, and mixed hayfields do a lot of their “thinking” in winter. Crowns endure freeze–thaw cycles. Roots carry the reserves that drive spring regrowth. Soil structure is either protecting those crowns or squeezing and drowning them. By the time the field looks ready for the first cutting, many of the key decisions were […]
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