Tag: Pseudotsuga

  • Crown Lifting: The Key to Being Queen Custodian to a Doug Fir in the City

    There is nothing like lifting the crown of a huge evergreen tree when you live in the city. After. Before. There are two Doug firs on this property and admittedly, they’ve not been tended to until recently. (This is the post from last spring about the Medusa-headed specimen on the south side of the house.) After.…

  • From Seeds to Seeds: Seed Harvesting and Happiness

    Happiness is not something I usually discuss publicly but today I am brimming with it. Sure, the world is currently a bit crazy—and I acknowledge and care about that—but right here at my house, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. I joke not, seriously, and I mean this both figuratively and literally. For…