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Kitsap Adventure, Part I
At the end of June, I had the pleasure of joining Peter "The Outlaw" and Vickie "The Independent Gardener" on a romp about the Kitsap Peninsula and Port Townsend. Is there anything as fun as carousing...
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Molinia caerulea 'Variegata' is my favorite plant in the garden, this week...
The full name of this grass is actually Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Variegata', and the common name of variegated purple moor grass really isn't much shorter. But this lovely ornamental grass is a...
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Kitsap Adventure, Part II
I've been a bit remiss in my blogging lately and I'm going to try to remedy that. I haven't been in a writing mood as I am currently pursuing two potential career moves that I am not ready to share...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, July 2014
Oops, late again for bloom day. Unfortunately, some of my major players in the mid-to-late summer garden are either greatly diminished or entirely absent this year, for various reasons. Most notably my...
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Foliage Follow-Up, July 2014
Another late post, and unlike many bloggers this past week I can't use the Fling as an excuse. Instead I'm going to claim discombobulation due to the heat which, thankfully, appears to be moving on as...
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Kitsap Adventure, Part III
Last week I was away on a trip and unable to post, but I'm back now and finally getting around to finishing up sharing my adventure with the outlaw and the plant nut.Our final, and perhaps (for me at...
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Lost in Outlaw Country
After our whirlwind tour of the Kitsap Peninsula, Vickie and I had the great pleasure of seeing Peter's garden. Reading his blog had not prepared me for the glorious chaos of so many fabulous plants...
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Random Pictures
It's a random sort of day. The garden continues to change rapidly. New highlights arise and old ones deserve an update. The flowers of Siderasis fuscata (brown spiderwort) last only a day, but they add...
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Woodwardia orientalis is my favorite plant in the garden, this week...
My favorite this week is one of several "projects" that I've been working on, small plants that I've started from plantlets, seeds, or spores. I have several Woodwardia orientalis (Oriental chain fern)...
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Precocious plantlet
Looking at the plants on the deck today I noticed something that made me smile. A plantlet on one of the strawberry runners was already blooming. Of course it's possible for a strawberry to flower at...
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Vegetable garden update
The garden is coming into full summer swing. The first three Sungold cherry tomatoes are ripe. We were a little slow getting tomatoes in the garden, but between the hoop house that was erected over...
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Variegated Clivia miniata is my favorite (new) plant in the garden, this week...
I'm cheating a bit this week with my favorites. I was originally going to use the following clivia as my favorite this week, but as I'm planning posts in advance this week I took lots of pictures of...
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Heather with multiple personalities!
I've mentioned before that I have a lot of heather (Calluna vulgaris) that arose as either seedlings or trimmings from the annual shearing that rooted and mutated and that I've selected certain forms...
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Alyssum spinosum is my favorite plant in the garden, this week...
Despite my love of rhododendrons and lush shade gardens, or perhaps because of it, I try to plant mostly drought-tolerant plants in sunny areas of the garden. One such plant that I've really enjoyed...
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A trip to the Oregon coast
Warning: This is a long post with lots of pictures. You might want to clear your schedule and grab some popcorn or a drink.Last week, my family and I stayed at Otter Rock on the Oregon coast, located...
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Welcome to my new (indoor) garden
Hello friends. It's been awhile. In the stressful and nerve-wracking chaos of making some major decisions, then moving to Milwaukee, WI based on one of those decisions, I pushed blogging to the side...
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Always gone too long
It's been a while since my last blog post. I have many excuses to explain away my lack of posts but most of them boil down to three things: my internet connection is bad because I'm borrowing my...
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Back in time for Bloom Day!
After deciding that I needed to find different living accommodations (I must be a glutton for the punishment that is moving) I spent most of my free time searching for my new new home. As some of you...
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Foliage Follow Up, October 2014
Yesterday I was thinking about Foliage Follow-up, hosted by Pam at Digging, and realized I hadn't taken pictures of any of the gorgeous fall foliage surrounding me. I hadn't even taken time to walk...
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