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JC Pruning and Gardening

Providing home orchard and garden services to Kittitas County Washington.

11/06/2026

Growing blueberries in central Washington takes a little extra care. Blueberries thrive in moist acidic soils, we have dry alkaline soil. But it’s not impossible, I amend my client’s soil to lower the pH and make sure they get adequate water. The other trick is to make sure they don’t get smooshed by now, thus breaking the fruiting wood. So this time of year I cage them up, as shown. Come late winter I release them, preform annual pruning, and amend the soil. Blueberries also take a long time to get established, but once they do they are a long lived plant if cared for properly. Blueberry plants are beautiful in the landscape, their fall foliage is stunning.

11/01/2026

The fall garden is full of beauty, it’s when shapes and textures really stand out. Here are some shots from the last couple of days in clients’ gardens.

10/27/2026

Fall clean up time. All plant material still in vegetable beds gets chopped up and placed as mulch with a thin layer of compost on top. This way all those nutrients return to the soil. Really thick brassica stems I will move to the compost, but otherwise everything gets recycled back into the bed. Come spring it’s mostly decomposed and will continue to decompose through the warmer months.

10/26/2026

Got the greenhouse all tucked away for the season. Another close to a growing season with promises of new growth to come next spring.

10/24/2026

It’s fall bulb planting time. Hyacinths, leucojum, narcissus, garlic, all the fall planted bulbs are getting tucked in in anticipation of spring blooms and next summer’s garlic harvest.

10/23/2026

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10/18/2026

It’s that time of year again. I’m already planning what new dahlias I will grow for next year!

10/16/2026

Just loving the purples this fall. Autumn isn’t just burnt oranges, red and dried grass. Several lavender varieties will rebloom in the fall the asters provide a wonderful late season pollen and nectar source for insects.

10/13/2026

I planted this little fruit garden this spring and just finished it off with a walkway. Now my client can enjoy the continuation of her vegetable flower garden with some tasty berries. The fruit trees will take a few years to begin bearing fruit.
Micro clover is seeded as the ground cover, which will provide a low maintenance nitrogen fixing option that takes less water than grass and you don’t have to mow.

10/04/2026

Cover crops are an important part of any annual crop system. Soil life needs roots, leaving your garden beds bare after harvest depletes the soil and releases carbon. Cover crops provide soil cover, organic matter, and if it’s a legume, nitrogen. I only use cover crops that will die back in winter for easy management. Here is an oats and peas mix. As it gets cooler the peas will start to grow or dormant seed will come up in the spring. Before it goes to seed just chop it up and leave it in the bed, you could add a layer of compost to aid in decomposition.

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Cle Elum, WA

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http://jcpruningandgardening.com/, http://riversongblooms.com/

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