Maple Leaf's Seattle Seedling blog offers tips to make your garden grow

Brewer recommends greens such as lettuce and kale, peas, radishes and zucchini, as opposed to the tomatoes that are so popular among Northwest gardeners despite the fact they’re “one of the most challenging vegetables you can grow this side of the Cascades,” she says. And she knows all of this because she’s actually a relative newbie to gardening herself.

Brewer started the blog just two-and-a-half years ago after reading the book “ Animal, Vegetable, Miracle ,” by Barbara Kingsolver, to share her own own journey from just dabbling in gardening into learning how to live sustainably in Maple Leaf. “That book changed my life,” Brewer says.

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Maple Leaf's Seattle Seedling blog offers tips to make your garden grow

If you're looking for expert gardening tips but have no idea where to start, look no further than the Seattle Seedling blog from Maple Leaf neighbor Stacy Brewer. Photo of Maple Leaf resident Stacy Brewer in her 4000-square-foot garden courtesy Jenn



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Van Every stands waist deep in tall sunflower and bergamot blooms while surveying the Carolinian tall grass prairie shouldering the Indian Creek municipal drain on the south end of Maple Leaf Cemetery. "We give the pollinators a nice area to live and



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Catherine and William's Canadian tour comes to an end as Catherine waves off her host nation, paying respect to their flag in a red Catherine Walker dress and matching jacket with the maple leaf brooch lent to her by the Queen decorating the lapel.




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