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Saying yes meant changes…
Sunday September 25th. That morning I received a text about several yucca that needed to be rescued before the homeowner took a saw to them, Yucca rostrata to be specific—trunking Yucca rostrata....
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The updated front garden, 2023
Outlining the front garden changes in Wednesday's post I left off just after I'd planted a couple of yuccas at the end of April, but it wasn't until the first week of June that I finally finished...
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Vancouver BC does greenhouses
As I mentioned in a blog post (this one) I was recently up in Vancouver, BC, on a garden tour. All told I visited 17 gardens as part of the event, 1 bonus garden of a friend, and 3 nurseries. I took...
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Vancouver BC nursery visits
Some would feel it's a form of torture, to visit a nursery knowing that you can't take anything home with you, and while I certainly prefer to be able to buy, I see it a little like visiting a...
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Visiting Todd Mahal and Arc Plants; zone pushing and plant lusting in the...
On a warm Sunday evening in June—after visiting the last of the open gardens that were part of the Vancouver Hardy Plant Group Study Weekend—I stopped by the Todd Mahal to see a couple of friends; Todd...
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Garden puttering and bloom appreciation
I've reached that point where all of this year's major garden projects are complete and now my time time is spent puttering rather than intense "move it ahead" work from the early morning until time to...
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The Courtney’s Hilltop Artistic Garden
While reading the open garden listings on the HPSO weekly email little alarm bells started to sound when I read this one; "Whether you stroll or relax in the various seating areas, there are gardens,...
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Garden changes on the side of the garage
Today I'm sharing a few changes I made on the north side of our garage... I've definitely been hinting at the *star* of these changes when I've shared photos of what I'd been calling a NoID epiphyllum,...
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How many men does it take to trim a palm tree?
Evidently it takes four. Three to stand around, and one to climb the ladder. A very tall ladder. Oh my. Why aren't any of those men on the ground paying attention to that guy way up there at the top?To...
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Visiting the gardens of Webster Manor
Back on July 13th I finally paid a visit to my friend Tim's garden, aka Webster Manor. I meant to get over there ("over there" being all of 3 miles away) last summer, but never managed to do so—I made...
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My annual Far Reaches Farm order, and baby's tears
As I mentioned in Wednesday's post, when I saw the little pot of Soldanella alpina Tim had purchased from Far Reaches Farm I knew I had to have it, and now I do! Those little green leaves and the red...
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Do you favor the forest, or the beach?
If you could live in the mountains, or at the beach, which would you chose? I've heard this question asked as a sort personality test, the idea being that people gravitate strongly toward one or the...
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Return to the Wonder Garden
The Hoffman Wonder Garden is a small botanic garden in Manzanita, Oregon, planted with plants that naturally thrive in that location—a sort of demonstration garden. I first visited in April of last...
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AGO déjà vu 1,000 miles north
There are families with such strong genes the relationships are undeniable—eyes, or mouths that show up again and again on different faces. There are also families that look like an assemblage of...
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I know you've got to build your nest somewhere, but not there...
An eviction recently occurred within my garden, it began as a mystery. This is the area where our story takes place. First I noticed a few of the Schefflera delavayi leaves were chomped off and...
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Well then, let's make the stock tank into a table...
When I last wrote about the stock tank pond (here), I was trying to decide what the next iteration would be. Should I fill it with soil and plant it? Or maybe I should turn it into a contained crevice...
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Pulled back for the big picture...
After finishing the stock tank tabletop planting (Wednesday's post), I turned my attention to the large ribbed planter to the right. It most recently held a large variegated Agave americana, an agave...
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My Epiphyllum oxypetalum bloomed!
Tomorrow, August 15th, is Garden Blogger's Bloomday. Hosted by May Dreams Gardens, this a day for garden bloggers everywhere to share photos of the plants blooming in their gardens. I posted faithfully...
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danger garden bromeliads, 2023 style
Last month I shared photos of the area on the northside of our garage where I usually (but not this year), sink bromeliads into a base layer of ferns. This year I decided, instead, to use the tall...
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An agave blooms, in the Kuzma/Halme garden
Last weekend Andrew and I attended a summer celebration in the Kuzma/Halme garden. Longtime readers will recognize a few of these iconic shots, if not the name. After all I've been chronicling my...
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