Ask Ciscoe: Oh, La, La! Your Gardening Questions Answered - Paperback

by Ciscoe Morris (Author)

"Can I grow an apple tree on the deck of my condo? Is it really safe to buy annuals in March? Tell me how to grow carnivorous plants! How can we invite bumblebees into our garden, and how can we get the yellow jackets to leave?" These are just a few of the 400 oft-asked and puzzling gardening questions in this book. Ciscoe Morris' signature exclamation "Ooh-la-la!" (delivered with a thick Wisconsin accent) may be completely disarming, but his gardening chops are second-to-none. Master gardener, certified arborist, teacher at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture, Ciscoe -- a familiar and well-loved personality in gardening media throughout the Pacific Northwest -- addresses the full range of gardening issues from ornamental gardening to vegetables, fruit trees, shrubs, lawns, containers, weeds, and more -- all in his inimitable humorous and informed style.

Author Biography

Ciscoe Morris loves gardening and storytelling. He is a horticulturist and popular TV and radio host. He wrote a weekly newspaper column for 17 years, first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer followed by the Seattle Times. Ciscoe spent the majority of his long gardening career as director of grounds care at Seattle University where he developed a nationally recognized organic gardening program. Additionally, he has been a longtime Master Gardener, an ISA-certified arborist and a WSNLA-certified horticulturist. When he isn't speaking at events throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond, you'll find him working in his northeast Seattle garden which has been featured in several publications. Besides gardening, he is passionate about traveling. Despite his busy schedule, he manages to find time to host garden tours all over the world.