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I love you Corona! (or how procrastinating paid off)
You've heard me complain — this winter has been wet, very wet. We've broken all sorts of records for precipitation. Skies like this one (on February 2nd to be exact) with that beautiful shade of blue,...
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What our wet winter wrought...
It's time to share how things are doing after record winter rainfall (over 27" since the beginning of December) and a snow and freezing rain event back in early January. By "things" I mean the ones...
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And the circle pot winner is...
There were many many entries to win a circle pot from Potted during The Water-Saving Garden book party and giveaway, but only one person could win...And the winner is! Congrats DevilGardener and thanks...
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In a Vase on Monday; they can't all be winners...
I bought that little orange (painted) glass vase at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, in the Vintage Market...which after 3 years I decided to go ahead and drop my boycott and shop at (the...
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NWFG Show, the vendors!
Well this took long enough to get to, don't you think? I've written about the small space gardens at the NWFG Show, as well as the big display gardens. But while "looking" is all fine and good what's a...
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Wednesday Vignette – what do an alien and a fried egg have in common?
Really, what do an alien and a fried egg have in common?Well...they, along with a smiling rock spider, a strawberry, and a few other things (?) are all products of the imaginations of my neighbor's...
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Visiting Australia via Ventura, California...
Here we are, back in California on December 22nd 2015.I think it was an internet search that first lead me to the Australian Native Plants Nursery, or maybe it was reading about Denise's visit on her...
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A quick stop at Earthwise Salvage and Pacific Galleries
I found myself with an hour or so to kill on Friday afternoon after leaving the NWFG Show. While there were plenty of nurseries I would have loved to visit they were all north of town. It was Friday...
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In a Vase on Monday: celebrating spring with my Royal Copely collection
Yes, it was time for another mantle redo and I thought the Royal Copely vase collection (or rather (ehm) part of it) would be just the thing to make the house feel in-touch with the season. Since I've...
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Bloomday for March 2016
It was a dark and stormy week, I took dark and stormy Bloomday photographs. With sickness in the house (first my husband, and now me) I am looking longingly at the sun and warm temperatures forecast...
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Wednesday Vignette: Come on in...
At first glance this strawberry potted Agave seems to be casting the greenhouse door wide open as if to say "Come on in and join the party..."But then the pot morphs into a Banksia cone before my eyes...
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Winter Walk-off on the South Waterfront
I've always enjoyed participating in the Winter Walk-Off posts hosted by Les at A Tidewater Gardener and I was determined to not let our non-stop March rain (3.86" thus far) get in the way of joining...
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Back to the Washington Park Arboretum and the Pacific Connections Garden
Today we're going to jump into my version of the wayback machine and end up in Seattle on October 9th, 2015. After visiting the Pat Calvert Greenhouse I made my way over to the Pacific Connections...
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In a Vase on Monday: a little garden medicine
Sometimes you just have to get out of bed and into the garden. Yes. Even when you're sick. I know, I'm sorry...I'm still carrying on about being ill, but it's been a major set-back and I'm not over...
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The Cactus Hotel
I recently received an email from Sue, a reader in Georgia, who'd found a second copy of The Cactus Hotel and was offering to send it to me, if I wanted it...With a title like that how could I say...
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Wednesday Vignette...some sort of tree voodoo?
This looks slightly less sinister than it did the day I spotted it, under grey skies and with the wound oozing tree blood. It's no secret I do not care for these trees – is someone practicing...
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Blue Agaves, Pink Flamingos
This stately tower-o-possible pain was spotted just off Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Sure it's missing those long beautiful spikes, but there are still glochids. Don't let anyone tell you those aren't...
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Favorite plants that aren’t showing signs of life, in March
It's the last Friday of the month and you know what that means...favorites! Well they were favorites, last year. Now I just don't know...this month I'm featuring a few things that I fear may not be...
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In a Vase on Monday, just a quickie
This weeks vase is a simple one...Flowers, and a little foliage, from Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla..Just the lightest of yellow dots on the foliage, unlike the more boldly splotched Aucuba which...
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What's new at Marbott's?
You know how you're just driving down the road, headed home and all of a sudden you find yourself in a nursery parking lot? Ya, I love when that happens. Today's unexpected visit is a stop at Marbott's...
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