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GBQ&A: How is your garden handling the heat?
Today I'm joining Ricki of Sprig to Twig in posing a question for garden bloggers (and gardeners in general, of course). In the Pacific Northwest, we are experiencing a second unusually hot, dry...
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Lewis River, Part II
I'm finally getting around to the second post I meant to do on my Lewis River hike. I've been procrastinating on it because I knew it would be a long one and I haven't really felt like doing a long...
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Getting Kniphofia to Bloom
Four or five years ago, I bought a 4-pack of kniphofias grown from seed. Unfortunately, I've long since forgotten the name of the seed strain, but I remember it was suppose to bloom the first or second...
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Random Wildflower
I've been rather lax with weeding so far this year, partly because I'm cultivating a new attitude towards volunteers such as Carex comans, Prunella vulgaris, and wild strawberries, among others. One...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - July, 2015
Here we are on another Bloom Day, hosted by May Dreams Gardens, where you can see what's blooming in the gardens of bloggers around the world. This may be the first time I've done a Bloom Day post...
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Foliage Follow-up - July, 2015
Every month, after Bloom Day, Foliage Follow-up is held to highlight the real staying power of any garden, the foliage. Flowers are fleeting but foliage lasts much longer. Pam Penick of Digging hosts...
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Echinacea purpurea is the butterflies' favorite plant in the garden this week
As I was out taking photos for GBBD and Foliage Follow-up this week, I kept seeing western tiger swallowtails and other butterflies flitting from blossom to blossom. Ironically, I don't have any photos...
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Wednesday Vignette: Expanding Views, Adding Colors
This week I have a trio of vignettes that evolved each from the one prior. Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna of Flutter and Hum, as a challenge to seek out inspiring combinations in the garden and...
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The (Long Overdue) Greenhouse Post
It's been a while since I announced the beginning of work on the new greenhouse in this post. What can I say? Good things take time and life comes up with other demands on our time. We completed the...
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Cactus on Fire
I promised I would share pictures of my Rebutia arachnacantha when it bloomed. It tried to open on Wednesday, but the overcast prevented it from opening fully. But it did open enough for me to...
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Wednesday Vignette
The series of vignettes for this Wednesday plays on the idea I used last week, but instead of taking multiple images of progressively wider shots, I took one photo, zoomed in, and cropped multiple...
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Now where did you come from? An ode to weeds...I mean volunteers
I've mentioned several times this spring and summer that I've adopted a new outlook towards many plants I had previously considered weeds, both to reduce the work of keeping my widely scattered garden...
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July Favorites Wrap-up
The last Friday of the month has come and it's time to review my favorite plants for July. Loree of Danger Garden hosts the Favorite Plant in the Garden meme at this time every month, where you can see...
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Random Friday
This week has just not been conducive to blogging. Things just seemed to keep getting in my way or interrupting me, so here's a motley assortment of shots from the garden this week.My one white heather...
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There's always an agave...
Ever since I heard those words by Loree of Danger Garden, I took a slightly perverse satisfaction in being an exception to that rule. What can I say? I have a somewhat contrary nature. Alas, I have...
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Where did the day go?
I had every intention today of writing my GBBD post today, as I've been sucked into helping at a family yard sale tomorrow, but that's just not going to happen. Let's see, a late night looking at...
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A Tardy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August, 2015
With most of Friday and Saturday taken up by pesto-making and helping at a yard sale, I finally made some time Sunday to sit down and write my GBBD post. Be sure to check out May Dreams Gardens for...
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Foliage Follow-Up - August 2015
And here I am, also late for Foliage Follow-Up, hosted by Pam at Digging every month after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, to give foliage its due. You may have noticed I slipped a few flower/foliage...
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Wednesday Vignette
As my Facebook friends are now aware, I have finally entered the modern age and acquired a smart phone. Along with ample other distractions, it includes an 8MP camera, which I've been practicing...
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Visiting Cistus and Garden Fever
On Wednesday I spent some time at Cistus Nursery. I'm frequently there, but rarely have time to relax and take pictures. Silly me, though, I had forgotten my real camera, so please excuse the blurry...
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