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Memorial Day Blooms
Today is Memorial Day, a day to remember the people who have served our country. You may know someone who is serving now or has served in the past. You may have lost someone. Scents are a powerful...
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Horticulturally Frustrated
I know I've been talking almost non-stop about the new fence, plugging updates in at the end of posts, talking about what plants I'll put in after the fence is up, what I'm doing in preparation for...
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Wednesday Vignette: Barren Beauty
I've been looking for some excuse to share these photos. Wednesday Vignette, hosted by Flutter & Hum, seems like the perfect venue to show you the picturesque wasteland of Badlands National Park,...
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Random Thursday
It's a random sort of day, and I've accumulated plenty of random pictures that haven't made it into other posts for whatever reason. Many of these are post-Bloom Day blooms most of which, given the...
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The Fence is Done! (Almost)
Ok, that was a bit of a teaser title. The contractors returned last Thursday and Friday to put up the fencing on the posts that have been tormenting me for a couple weeks. The fence is actually done,...
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Too hard to resist moving plants
With the fence finished (The last walk-through gate was installed today!) I couldn't resist planting a few purchases and moving the 'Crimson Pygmy' barberries to their new home outside the fence. I...
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Indoor blooms
Between this cold (of the rhinovirus variety) and this heat (of the solar variety) I've spent most of the last few days inside, and much of that sleeping, reading, and coughing. While the cough...
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My favorite plant in the garden this week is Acer metcalfii
It seems a little strange to me to feature a plant as my favorite when it's so young, but Acermetcalfii continues to delight week after week. The funny thing is, as a stripe-barked maple, you'd think...
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Weekly Wagon Fall
You know how I keep saying I'm going to stop planting things until fall? And how I'm going to severely restrict my purchases? Yeah, about that...Well, last week I picked up four deciduous azaleas,...
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Backyard Botanizing: What the Fence means to the Natives
One of the most exciting things for me about fencing off half of the property, including several natural, uncultivated wooded sections, is what will happen now that the deer are no longer over-browsing...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - June, 2015
Happy Bloom Day! On the 15th of every month, garden bloggers post pictures of what is blooming in their garden that day (or close to it, at least). Bloom Day is hosted by May Dreams Gardens, where you...
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Foliage Follow-Up - June, 2015
The day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day means it's time to give foliage its due. Pam Penick of Digging hosts Foliage Follow-Up to remind us of the importance foliage. I've been going more and more...
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Hiking to Loowit Falls
The other weekend, a friend of mine came down from Tacoma and we, together in loose company with my mother and some of her teacher friends, drove up to Mt. St. Helens to hike out to Loowit Falls, one...
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Sneak Peek of My Lewis River Hike
Since I'll be spending most of the week in eastern Washington in the Okanagan area, I had planned to write and schedule posts ahead of time for the whole week. I guess I should have started a day or...
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Teaser
Just a quick teaser shot of the new water lines. Those are the ditches I referred to yesterday that I was helping to fill in.Ooh, shiny new faucet...Watering just became significantly easier.
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Wednesday Vignette
Another quick post. Mondays and Tuesdays are so busy for me, but I can find a few minutes to post a quick vignette. This meme is hosted by Anna of Flutter and Hum. Thanks, Anna!I caught my Cotinus...
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What's missing?
This might be easier if I took more wide shots of the garden. I may start doing that more often now that a certain feature has been removed. Can you guess what it is?I'm so glad I weeded the space...
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A Dragonfly on Friday
Not a very creative title, but it seems like everyone else has been posting pictures of dragonflies lately and I finally had the opportunity to snag one of my own. The 'Lucifer' crocosmia, which are...
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Wednesday Vignette: Flower Window
Wednesday Vignette is hosted every week by Anna of Flutter and Hum. This week I was looking at all the activity on the south end of the house. It's become one of the most floriferous areas of the...
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Rhododendron faithiae progression
Last week, after returning from eastern Washington, I had little energy for anything but making periodic forays outside to move a soaker hose here and a sprinkler there. This heat is sapping me of the...
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