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The Lodge on the Desert
It's New Years Eve and this is my last blog post of the year, let's go back to the desert and my favorite hotel in Tucson, The Lodge on the Desert...Our first stay here—years ago—was a fluke. I booked...
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Wednesday Vignette; fairy garden mushrooms
This Aechmea x Billbergia, (maybe x Cryptbergia 'Red Burst') in its crackle-glaze planter, sits on my desk. I tucked the moss in because 1) I love moss, 2) misting it will make the Bromeliad happy too....
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Kirk Walden's Garden, a stop on the 2018 Garden Bloggers Fling
My Austin Fling posts are about to end, only one more garden to visit after this! It seems fitting though, as we reach the 8-month mark since this event took place this coming weekend, and it's just a...
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My Christmas "Book Haul"
Even though I haven't officially lifted the moratorium on books (put in place because I have so many I haven't yet read and I felt guilty when new ones showed up) several great titles were under the...
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A new mantlescape, for the New Year...
The holiday wreath was pulled from the front door in the days immediately following Christmas. The dried Eucalyptus and Dyckia wreath left its spot above the mantle and replaced it...I think it looks...
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The Ruthie Burrus Garden, a stop on the 2018 Garden Bloggers Fling
My last Austin post! I'm not sure why this particular garden is the one that wraps up my 2018 Fling coverage, it didn't plan it that way...but it is a beautiful one to end on.Part of the owner's...
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Wednesday Vignette, cement block ruins
Every winter Portland Nursery does a big conifer display at the back of their entry courtyard. It showcases a nice selection of seasonally appropriate plants and hides the rest of the (empty) nursery....
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The Jungle behind Jungle Fever Exotics
After I visiting Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium last October, I realized if I just slightly altered my route home I'd drive right by Jungle Fever Exotics, so naturally that's what I did. After...
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Houseplants (for the winter)...
Friends, yesterday marked the beginning of the January houseplant and container sale at Portland Nursery: 30% off all houseplants including indoor bonsai, orchids, citrus and cactus, and 30% off all...
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A trio of new carnivorous plants, and a book to help me learn more about them
I stopped in Cornell Farm one day recently, it seemed right after they'd gotten a shipment of adorable little 2" pots of tropical carnivorous plants from Carni Flora PDX...I selected three: a Drosera...
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The first Bloomday of 2019
It's the first Bloomday of the New Year! I've shared many images of fuzzy Tetrapanax papyrifer buds over the years, usually saying something like "maybe this will be the year they finally bloom," well,...
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Wednesday Vignette, PLEASE DO NOT
Seen at Northwest Seed & Pet, in Spokane, not at the San Diego Zoo or San Diego Wild Animal Park.Weather Diary, Jan 15: Hi 44, Low 37/ Precip 0 Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter...
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Portland Nursery Houseplant Sale Wrap-up (you've still got a few days to shop!)
The Portland Nursery Houseplant Sale kicked off last Thursday, the 10th.I hoped to be at the Stark St. location at opening, to grab a Bromeliad I had a crush on. I didn't make it until 9:30, but...
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This feels familiar...
Cutting out of my usual route home (to avoid a rush-hour back-up) I came across this in-progress garden installation...Of course the landscape fabric is what first caught my eye, it stood out like...
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Guzman’s Garden Centers in Las Cruces, New Mexico
During the family reunion festivities in Las Cruces last June I was able to make a quick break for it and check out a local nursery, Guzman's.Pulling into the parking lot I was surprised to see these...
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Behind the Bamboo, for tell the truth Tuesday...
Oh Alison, what have you started!?! Encouraging us to share the ugly bits of our garden...people are going to discover this gardening thing is hard work, that gardens aren't always "tour ready"...that...
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Wednesday Vignette, I have questions...
I stopped by Trader Joe's to pick up a few things and ended up parking next to a planting island. This is what greeted me when I got out of my car.I have questions! Are the plastic tubes for watering?...
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The New Crusher Court
We recently went mattress shopping, something I was dreading, but with lots of advice gathered on Facebook (it's not just for angry political rants and kitten memes) it was relatively painless....
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The Garden of Jason Jorgensen
Last August I had the opportunity to tour a few private gardens belonging to folks on the board of the Northwest Horticultural Society in Seattle. This one of might seem familiar to those of you who...
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