An Arlington artist, Aleks Kargopoltsev, who runs a studio/gallery in La Conner, is participating in the first “Le Nu Air” art exhibit which opens Friday, August 15 with a public artist reception from 4 – 7 p.m., at
Growing up in Southern California where the weather is mild most of the year, we never gave much thought about when we could or couldn’t plant. It was never too cold or hot or too wet or dry. When it came to shrubs and trees, you could plant them any time you wanted to. Even in Northern California where I lived and worked as a Landscape Contractor we could plant year round, provided we could work the soil. Despite temperatures in excess of 100 degrees, we did most of our planting in the summertime. But for some goofy reason, there seems to be this misconception that it’s not okay to plant this time of year if you live in the Northwest. Go figure.
Walking 60 miles in three days is not a simple task.
Music is an international language and it reaches out to all people. This fact is illustrated in the faces of the musicians of Voices of the Village, who are opening the series of four concerts in Arlington’s Music in the Park in Legion Park on Thursday nights in August.
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The owner of The Family Dog, Pam McCord will bring the family business to the 23rd annual HomeGrown for the first time this year.
The founder and lead guitar singer for the popular Northwest band, Flowmotion, Josh Clauson grew up in Arlington and came home to the Stilly Valley in search for a home for his summer party, a.k.a. the Summer Meltdown.
The 19th annual Festival of the River Aug. 9 and 10 is presented by the Stillaguamish Tribe to help people who live and work in the Stillaguamish watershed and surrounding regions to realize how their actions can make life better for all critters: people, fish and wildlife.
There’s nothing quite like a summer squall to remind us that some plants need a little help standing up on their own. Last week’s rains did just that for me. My garden was proud and perky and standing tall before Mother Nature dropped three quarters of an inch of rain on it. The weight of all that water on the foliage caused limbs to bow down, sometimes all the way to the ground, and in some cases even snap off. It wasn’t a pretty sight and yet I could have prevented a lot of it had I just done some preventative staking.
Faith Lutheran Church of North Lakewood presents its fourth annual Hot August Nights car show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, to benefit local food banks. Entries are $15 for early registration and $20 the day of the event. Spectators enter free and can get a free raffle ticket for bringing in non-perishable food donations. Early bird coffee and cinnamon rolls will be up for sale as well as lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also includes entertainment, dash plaques, t-shirts, and judging for trophies and ribbons. The church is located a mile west off I-5 at the Smokey Point/Lakewood exit no. 206, at 1424 172nd Ave. NE, Marysville. For information call 360-652-9545.
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I would hope that by now most of you have taken to heart what I have had to say about proper watering. It is the one single activity that will make or break a garden. It seems like such a simple task but in reality it is one of the hardest skills to teach a person. Even in our industry where employees are working with plants every day we are constantly challenged to find the right person to stick on the end of a hose.
