Feeding the food gardening trend
Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2 a.m.
Edibles will be on display this week at the mammoth 22nd annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show, opening today.
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Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2 a.m.
Edibles will be on display this week at the mammoth 22nd annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show, opening today.
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Posted Thu, Jan 28, 2 a.m.
Nothing motivates like fear itself, but in Seattle, where potential natural catastrophes abound, the politics of safety can both be overplayed and underplayed. Knowing which is tough.
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Posted Tue, Dec 8, 2 a.m.
One of the things washed away in a 1983 flood was the rationale for maintaining state ownership of 8,400 acres at Lake Whatcom. But now some question whether the county can afford to take back the land.
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Posted Fri, Dec 4, 2 a.m.
With the momentum of new legislation in Oregon and a new bicycling mayor in Seattle, Washington needs a bold new "vulnerable user" law for cyclists.
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Posted Mon, Nov 30, 4 p.m.
In which our intrepid columnist makes it to the Seattle Marathon, nearly outruns two old ladies, keeps pace (for awhile) with a barefoot guy, and still has complaints about the race.
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Posted Sat, Nov 28, 6 a.m.
Here's a proposal to let neighbors and families create "button parks" out of small bits of land, with help from land trusts and with links to a broader urban network of green spaces.
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Posted Fri, Nov 27, 2 a.m.
Crosscut By 2: With the big race two days away, a veteran participant previews the course, and the pain, that lies ahead.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.
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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.
The dispute over an event at West Seattle's Lincoln Park unleashes a "cycle" of anger. Once again, parks make good battlefields.
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Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.
At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?
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Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Using a state pilot project, the Cascade Land Conservancy has made it possible to preserve historic Hidden Valley Camp for future generations. It's more than a win for holding back sprawl, it also saves an incubator of the Northwest's conservation ethic.
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Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.
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Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.
Newfoundland went centuries believing it could never exhaust its abundance of cod. Until it did. A reflection from the waters of Vashon Island and Mistaken Point.
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Posted Fri, Sep 11, 6 a.m.
The state should have found a way to save its 1927-vintage Steel Electric-class boats, ultimately sold to Mexico for scrap. Sinking one to create artificial reefs for divers, as B.C. has done, was one big missed opportunity.
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Posted Thu, Aug 13, 6 a.m.
When the North Cascades National Park was created in 1968, key lands were left out for reasons that no longer apply. There's a new push to add to the wildlands.
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Posted Tue, Jul 28, 6 a.m.
You can go for a gorgeous ramble along the St. Charles River in Quebec City and get lost in thoughts of how Seattle might pull off something similar.
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Posted Tue, Jul 21, 6:03 a.m.
The author's toes still ache, 22 years later. And there was that Volkswagen-sized boulder speeding down the slope at 80 miles an hour.
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Posted Fri, Jul 17, 6 a.m.
An architect counts the ways, environmental, economic, and architectural, for avoiding the wrecking ball now aimed at Building 18.
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Posted Fri, Jul 10, 6 a.m.
The normally benign Methow suddenly shows its killing power
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Posted Thu, Jun 4, 6 a.m.
A search for a well-made scythe leads to an appreciation of the great toolmakers who lived here 13,000 years ago.
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Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 24, 5 p.m. 2009
Crosscut By 2: Carbo-loading? Last-minute training? And what about Thanksgiving dinner? How to deal with the Seattle Marathon pre-race jitters.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 23, 6 a.m. 2009
The parties are back in court this morning to revisit the federal government's unadopted plans to protect the river system's salmon, listed 15 years ago as endangered.
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Crosscut By 2: As this year's Seattle Marathon training winds down, our columnist looks back on his 16 marathons and 10 years of serious running.
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 17, noon 2009
Easy for me to say, with what's likely to be my slowest-ever race coming up. But the sport needs more than just elite athletes.
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 13, noon 2009
My training regimen dictates that this week is the most intense before the big race.
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If I can complete this training run, maybe I can finish this month's Seattle Marathon.
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 7, 8:58 a.m. 2009
Shifty weather doesn't need to be a barrier to seeking beauty in the mountains.
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Lessons while cycling the lovely curves of the Yakima River Canyon Road
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 30, 6 a.m. 2009
More thoughts from the Seattle and Vancouver urban debaters on what makes their cities livable, or not.
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