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November 2016 Favorites and Musings
The mild fall continues in my garden, with temperatures hardly falling below 40F. This weather pattern always makes me worry, as it often is punctuated by a sudden, sharp freeze, damaging plants more...
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Root crops and Wild Wonderings
Last week I harvested all my late (and somewhat experimental) root crops. I'm trialing four at the moment: oca (Oxalis tuberosa), mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum), yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia, or...
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Summer Garden Tours: The Gardens at Stillmeadows
Winter has yet to "officially" arrive, according to the calendar, but the weather says otherwise. Our first snow arrived last week, about 4-5 inches in my garden. Luckily, my area escaped the freezing...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-Up
Due to time and energy constraints, I recently decided to reduce my blogging to once per week. I forgot about both that and the fact that yesterday was the 15th when I wrote my garden tour post on...
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Wednesday Vignette: Happy Solstice!
I'm forgoing a more lengthy post this week in favor of a simple Wednesday Vignette, hosted by Anna at Flutter&Hum.I read Anna's post before I started writing mine, and found her eloquent message...
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Wednesday Vignette: Forest on a Frond
I'm joining in this week for Wednesday Vignette, hosted by Anna at Flutter&Hum, with just a single photo instead of doubling up my posts. Like last week, I didn't get my act together to write my...
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December 2016 Favorites
This time of year, my favorite plants are basically anything that's evergreen and doesn't look like a photosynthetic drowned rat. Oh, and houseplants. This time of year, I smother my houseplants with...
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Wednesday Vignette: Fire in the Snow
I'm starting to feel that I've shared my silver Mahoniaconfusa way too many times, but here it is again, getting its own feature. It might be that I have it planted where I can see it from my desk...
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Is it spring yet?
I was really hoping to write a post evaluating how some of my plants made it through the last Arctic blast we experienced, which brought one night of almost 11F and several nights in the low to mid...
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From Snowy to Soggy
Yesterday the thaw finally began in my garden. Temperatures hovered around 34 for most of the day until sometime after noon, when it shot up to 46F. Rain and wind accompanied the rising temperature,...
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January Favorites and Wednesday Vignette
This winter is certainly turning out to be a good test for hardiness and plants that look good in winter despite snow, ice, and multiple days below freezing. My garden is full of young plants showing...
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Finding joy in the winter garden at Joy Creek Nursery
Last Saturday, bloggers from the Portland area (and a bit beyond, in my case) gathered at Joy Creek Nursery for their Blogger Appreciation Day. The nursery doesn't officially open for the season until...
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Summer Garden Tours: The Plant Station (and yet another PNW Snopocalypse)
I had the thought to share my goals for the garden this year, but to do so would require up-to-date pictures of the various areas of the garden, particularly the problem areas. I don't have many...
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February Flowers, Foliage, and a Vignette
Like many in the Pacific Northwest, I'm feeling decidedly despondent concerning my garden. Many of us are watching treasured plants slowly show more and more damage incurred in what has been a severe...
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Garden Tours: Kuzma Garden
As I write this post on Sunday, Mother Nature is teasing me with dry breaks, even some sun, scattered between heavy showers. I was debating donning full rain gear to start planting, but a particularly...
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Wednesday Vignette: Celebrating Realism
If I were a better blogger, I would be sharing a full write-up of the 2017 Northwest Flower and Garden Show (NWFGS), but I have to admit I've been rather lazy for the past few days. I haven't been...
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Wednesday Vignette: Thyme for Spring!
Spring is making a very slow appearance this year. According to the calendar, the season doesn't officially start until March 20th, gardeners in the Pacific Northwest are accustomed to spring arriving...
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March 2017 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
Bloom Day has come again, and this month, the outdoor blooms finally outnumber the indoor blooms again, though the indoor garden is putting on an even bigger show than last month. I'm joining Carol at...
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Foliage Follow-up March 2017
The sixteenth day of the month marks Foliage Follow-up, hosted by Pam Penick at Digging to celebrate foliage in the garden. I was thinking I'd be a bit stuck for new foliage to show just yet, as most...
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Finally posting about the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
It's finally time for me to get around to writing my post about the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. I feel a little guilty attending the NWFGS Tweetup event when I'm writing about it about a month...
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