The Seattle Times: Home & Garden http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/index.html en-us Copyright 2013 The Seattle Times Company Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:05:57 PDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:05:57 PDT MattBase 1 The Seattle Times: Home & Garden http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ Mercer Island to require more native plants in shoreline plan http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021226338_shorelinemercerxml.html?syndication=rss Under pressure from the state Department of Ecology, the Mercer Island City Council modified its shoreline master program to require homeowners to plant more native vegetation when doing construction. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021226338_shorelinemercerxml.html?syndication=rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:16:04 PDT Architect battles Seattle gray with loads of light and hues of Hawaii http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2021119479_pacificpnwl16.html?syndication=rss Rolf Preuss bucked "the Northwest style," going in the other direction for the Sand Point home he designed for his family in 1979. Pacific NW http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2021119479_pacificpnwl16.html?syndication=rss Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:40:15 PDT Ordinary nasturtiums aren't so ordinary after all http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2021119475_pacificpgardener16.html?syndication=rss Plant seeds in lean garden soil anytime between last frost and the end of June. Don't feed them or you'll get more leaves than flowers. Pacific NW http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2021119475_pacificpgardener16.html?syndication=rss Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:01:05 PDT