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Believe It or Not
Here it is, the middle of December. Despite an ice storm last week, I've still got a few flowers hanging on. Granted the temperatures didn't drop that low, just barely enough to freeze the pouring rain...
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Well, not anymore. But last week it really looked like Christmas, as evidenced by the photos.Berries from Aronia arbutifolia'Brilliantissima'Osmanthus heterophyllus'Goshiki'Leaning Myrica californica...
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Look, A Bird!
Happy New Year, everyone!This is a short post. Two weeks ago when we had snow and ice, the feathered critters made a pit stop at our patio pond. Fortunately for me (not the most patient of ornithology...
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Craving Green
Hi Peeps. Am I the only one craving green right now? I am pretty sure we're all missing our gardens, all the more so thanks to our seriously nasty winter. Cold, cold, cold! I took these photos before...
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It's Faunas' Turn
January is the month that I'm too embarrassed to post photos of my pathetic garden. The rest of the year I can employ my cropping tool and give the illusion of a perfect garden but in January even that...
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I Saw a Bumblebee Today!
Funny how when your a gardener, little things like a bumble bee flyover can raise the ole endorphins. Although those of us gardening here in the mid-Willamette Valley fared better than points north and...
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It's the Little Things
Here it is, early March and it's snowing--again--today. It isn't cold enough to stick but the blustery winds have made any kind of outdoor activity unpleasant. I got a few things done before giving up...
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Sloppy, Soggy, Soupy and Saturated, Part II
Rain. It's just more and more rain. I am reusing a title I first used last March. The deliberate alliteration seems even more apropos this year. Before I show a few photos, I have a have to tell you...
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Nursery Jaunt: Garland Nursery
Most of you who read this are not local and therefore not familiar with my local plant shopping gigs. Garland Nursery is about a five minute drive from my home so I visit  here a lot, especially in...
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And Yet She Persisted
Yes, Mother Nature persists and thrives in our gardens, despite the vagaries of weather. Last year by this time the lilacs were finished blooming. This year I can't even see buds yet! But soon. Here...
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A Bunch of Random Photos
We had a stretch of nice weather--two or three days I think--and now we're back to rain. The sunshine and warmth were as good for the garden as they were for the gardener. Plants everywhere are saying,...
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It's Been, Like, Forever!
Hi everybody. I'm here with few words and many photos of my garden in early June. If you have any questions, please leave your email so I can reply. Seat belts fastened? Okay, here we go....The middle...
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Garden Tour Photos
Last weekend was the Albany garden tour. I went with my friend Jamie and her daughter visiting from Vancouver. The weather was perfect, with mostly overcast skies for good photos. I've learned over the...
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High Summer!
Hi Peeps. I've finally managed to get a blog post together. As I'm sure you know, the garden is changing rapidly as spring bloomers fade away and high summer's bounty takes center stage. Don't you love...
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The Earth Laughs in Flowers
With all the political unrest these days, isn't it nice to have Nature to sooth us? It's been rough here with a record-long heat wave to start the month of August. It's back to reasonable now,...
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One Day Less
Every day is one less day of summer... This is the mantra I have been repeating every evening at twilight since early June as soon as the weather turned summery. I didn't want to waste a minute of it,...
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October's Garden and a "Fern Table"
Hi Guys. Boy have I gotten bad about blogging! But this doesn't mean I'm not gardening. I'm just not writing about it. The weather has finally turned very fall-ish with mild temperatures and golden...
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No Frost Yet
It's almost the middle of November and the thermometer has yet to descend to that place where old man winter ruins everything and makes me sad. The hummers are fighting over Fuchsia and Salvia nectar...
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So Much to be Thankful For
It's Thanksgiving week and is there any better time to show our gratitude for the garden and nature at large? I don't think so. I did some puttering today and it was so pleasant to be in the garden....
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The Proof is in the Banana!
If it weren't for this monster:Hardy banana, (Musa basjoo) after a hard frost...one would think we didn't even have a winter here in the Pacific Northwest. I mean, unlike the hardy banana's...
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