Shade Garden in Early April
Early spring is the best season for the shade garden. It's also the season I probably lose friends . . . don't take it personally, people, I'm in the garden.…
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April, the Gateway to Spring
The busy season is definitely here! Is it ever! So no in-depth plant dive this week. Rather, a jolly look at all things pretty (at least to me) in the…
Projects, A Few Ferns, An Updated Veggie Garden
This post is all over the place. Apropos, as the garden is, too. Everything is exploding with life and there are so many directions I could go as far as…
Lots to Love
Enjoying the garden is the theme for us right now. I know so many gardens suffered from the brutal winter we endured, but May seems to be the balm that…
Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens
Road-tripping plus friends plus plants makes for the best kind of adventure. For the bit about the plants, make that one of Oregon's best independent small nurseries, Dancing Oaks Nursery…
Holding My Breath
It feels normal out there. It scares me. Yes, our springtime has been abnormally normal. No premature heat waves, no scorching of tender foliage, no freak hail storms nor rain…
Blooming
If you blink it changes. That is the way of the June garden; it comes at us fast and floriferous. While out frantically taking photos for this week's post, I…
Heat Wave Report
Another heat wave came and went. So how did we do? Inspecting the garden I would say we fared well. Maybe we have drought-adapted gardening down, then again maybe my…
The No-Till Veggie Garden
The first season of our experiment with not tilling our vegetable garden is up and running. Our veggie garden consists of two large tillable areas and one area of raised…
Puget Sound Garden Fling: Carhart Garden
It is overwhelming, but in the best way possible. I am just off of two weekends in a row visiting gardens around Puget Sound and the greater Seattle area. The…