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The Gardener, a film
It was quite sometime ago that I made a note to watch The Gardener, a 2017 film about Frank Cabot—the founder of the Garden Conservancy—and his garden Les Quatre Vents, a twenty-acre English style...
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The basement garden...
I wrote myself a note to remember to take photos of the plants in the basement for this blog post. Not thinking, just writing, I wrote: take photos of the basement garden. Ha! The basement garden, I...
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In a vase on Monday; memories...
Thanks to nudge from Kris of Late to the Garden Party, I've saved a photo from most of my In a Vase on Monday creations in a folder, the idea being that someday I might want to do some type of...
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So they've gotta be over 40-yrs old...
Acting on a tip, I drove over to the west side of Portland on the hunt for a couple agaves...And found them! Walking up to photograph I spotted someone in the driveway, so I asked if it was okay to...
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Wednesday Vignette, Electric Lettuce
I know I've shared this shot on Instagram, but I don't think I ever thought to share it here. The best part is, the same day that I stopped to take a photo, a friend posted a similar one on my...
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Visiting the garden of another Portland agave lover...(Part 1)
I believe this may be the third time I've visited my friend Linda Callahan's garden, but it's the first time I've actually taken photos to do a blog post... finally!Of course I wanted to press pause...
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Visiting the garden of another Portland agave lover...(Part 2)
Here we are, back at Linda Callahan's place, admiring her fantastic garden (Part 1 here). Shortly after my visit in early November, she lifted this monster Agave americana 'Variegata' and moved it...
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Let's make some wreaths, 2020 Style
Here we are again, another year gone by... it's time for holiday decorating. You all surely know by now that I do enjoy making wreaths. This year I made a couple at home, and then joined friends for a...
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December blooms?
Another Garden Blogger's Bloomday is here (courtesy May Dreams Gardens), and it's the last one of this crazy year. Speaking of (crazy) how bizarre is that blue sky? It lends a summer-like feel to these...
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Wednesday Vignette, "my" green tractor
Do I need a tractor? No. Of course not, and truth be told, I never even knew I wanted a tractor. That is until I visited Evan Bean's garden this fall and saw this...Or wait, is that a front loader?...
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Hoyt Arboretum, drive-by
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and I was headed home when I passed by the turn off for Hoyt Arboretum, as always I thought..."I really need to make a visit someday soon." I've been thinking that for...
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The Practical Plant Geek's Garden
One of the last things I did before our COVID lock-down last spring was to buy a new camera, since my trusty Sony Cybershot died during our 2019 SoCal holiday trip. As you may imagine that "new" camera...
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We need a little Christmas (right this very minute)...
So this is Christmas. While part of me thought this year—of all years—needed to be really over the top wonderful with decorations, it was nearly impossible to muster the spirit. Instead of traveling...
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The Rainbow House
I stumbled upon this colorful gem during our October outing to Hood River, Oregon.It sits on a large corner lot on a step hillside, with great views of the Columbia River Gorge. We'll get to the views...
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Wednesday Vignette: Jolly not Germy
It's the return of the Santa Clones!I shared this army of small plastic Santa's and their festive line-up last year (here) and back in 2016 (here), but something is a little different this year...It's...
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And the winner of the best COVIDtime landscape remodel is...
Out on a COVID lockdown walk last spring Andrew and I discovered this dark house and it's excellent plantings (click over here for a look at that post). However, things are looking even better now as...
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Play with your plants (a love note to my palms)
To say that I dread gutter cleaning day is an understatement. It comes only once a year but it looms quite large in my mind. The project itself is bad enough, it's cold and my husband risks injury...
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Desert Island Gardens
Perhaps you've heard the phrase "desert island discs"? Those being the discs you would take if you were being cast away on a desert island. I always assumed these were entire CD's, but I guess they're...
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Wednesday Vignette, the force is strong with this one
What? I'm quoting Star Wars now? Ya, I don't know why, but that's what popped into my head when I saw this tree...The tree and pot were plopped in that location a long time ago in a galaxy far far...
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