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It's Vignette week! Day one: winter
I briefly considered taking the week off, people tend to do other things this week, besides read garden blogs. Plus I've been blogging Monday thru Friday since March 13, 2009 — without missing a day —...
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It's Vignette week! Day two: spring
In case you missed yesterday's post, this is Vignette Week here at danger garden, each day's photo depicting a season from last year. Spring is represented by my Poncirus trifoliata in flower, the...
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It's Vignette week! Day three: summer
I cheat with this photo, as it wasn't taken last year. However I love how it illustrates summer in the garden. All that is good in my world. Sigh...come back soon summer!Weather Diary, Dec 27: Hi 37,...
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It's Vignette week! Day four: autumn
My autumn photo for Vignette Week is from the Kuzma garden, taken last September when my friends Mark and Gaz from England, as well as Gerhard from California were visiting. Friends and garden visits....
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2018!
Weather Diary, Dec 31: Hi 50, Low 31/ Precip 0 All material © 2009-2018 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
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We had some weather
After I published my December 22nd "it's officially winter now" post our winter weather was cancelled. I was thrilled, as I didn't really feel like spending my Saturday covering plants to protect...
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Wednesday Vignette, 25 Opuntia Pads
I was so excited to make my Opuntia Christmas tree that I may have jumped the gun. I built it on November 29th, which meant it spent a full 4 weeks indoors before being taken down.Early on I replaced a...
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My new (strange) Cactus hybrid...
On Christmas morning there was a strange plant under the Opuntia Christmas tree. At first, in the dim morning light, I wasn't sure what it was...I could see there was a flower at the top, it looked a...
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An Agave report, of sorts
The day I took photos for my "it's winter" post (December 22nd) I also snapped photos of my in-ground Agaves, thinking it was past time to file an Agave-report. My last report (part one, part two) was...
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In a Vase on Monday — extreme green
My friend Evan recently wrote: "In an attempt to chase away the blues, if only for a time, I took a walk through the green."I've found myself thinking about that line a lot, January is historically a...
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Since we're coming up on the one year anniversary of my 2017 trip to Los Angeles (a point driven home when reading Gerhard's post on Piece of Eden and remembering I was there at about this time last...
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Wednesday Vignette, moss and wrinkles
I was photographing something else the day I happened to stand up and focus on this bit of moss. And as if the moss wasn't reward enough just look at that gnarly bark. Old tree wrinkles! And yet it's a...
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Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: The Complete Homeowner's Guide, by Paul...
I've been anticipating this book for months now and I am thrilled it's finally out. It's going to be a game changer for so many gardeners in our region, both beginning and experienced...Gardening in...
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A special garden / the end of an era (or is it?)
In case you haven't heard there's a very special garden up for sale in the Portland area, oh and it comes with a nice house too...Sean Hogan, legendary plantsman, designer, nursery owner, and...
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January Bloomday, 2018
Yay! It's Garden Blogger's Bloomday for January. You what that means right? Spring is just around the corner! Ya...I'm sorry, I know. But the weather here in Portland has been so mild that I'm kind...
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Feeling a little spring fever at Cistus, on a January Day
A mid-winter trip to Cistus Nursery is always a welcome diversion and as you probably figured out (if you read last Friday's post) I recently made a visit. Lila came a long too, as she enjoys a good...
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Wednesday Vignette, mushrooms and radishes
The first evening of the 2017 Garden Bloggers Fling (last June) we visited Willowsford Farm, "a unique development in northern Virginia that includes a 2,000 acre farm and CSA for the residents... we...
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My September 2017 visit to the Kuzma garden, Part One
As some of you may recall it's been a yearly tradition (since 2011) that I visit, and document, this wonderful garden. My 2017 trip was even more special because I toured with friends Gerhard, Mark,...
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My September 2017 visit to the Kuzma garden, Part Two
Here we are, back at the Kuzma Garden. I ended yesterday's post just as we were approaching this section of the garden, one of my favorites...I'm sure you can guess why: monster Agave ovatifolia!My...
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Hurry and get to the Portland Nursery 30% off Houseplant Sale!
Sorry for the late notice, I meant to write about this earlier. You've got until closing on Wednesday January 24th to get to either (or both) Portland Nursery locations to enjoy 30% off their...
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