We have been in the midst of annuals planting hell. Planting is my least favourite gardening task; I like setting the plants out but not so much putting them in the soil. Perhaps this is because we plant with obsessive attention to detail, putting water and a mix of Zeba Quench and Dr Earth fertilizer [...]
Archive for the ‘ferns’ Category
a day “overseas” and a new nursery
Posted in annuals, ferns, grasses, journal, nurseries, perennials, plants, tagged Back Alley Gardens, Basket Case Greenouse, gardening, nurseries, plant shopping, plants on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
flashback: 2 – 10 August 2009 in our garden
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, lilies, our garden, perennials, plants, private gardens, roses, trees and shrubs, tagged gardening, Ilwaco, lilies, our garden on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
August photo sessions in our garden: A Gallery Early August…..all was well. The garden tours for which we were responsible had been successes, and indeed, we had heard that my mother’s garden and Laurie’s had been among the (and maybe THE) favourites. Our garden still felt some of the lingering good effects from having been [...]
flashback: 27 June 2009 — Laurie’s garden open
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, ferns, garden touring, lilies, perennials, plants, private gardens, roses, trees and shrubs, tagged gardening, horses, Laurie's garden, lilies, Long Beach Peninsula garden tour, Music in the Gardens tour, private gardens, Willapa Bay on March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Two gardens on tour on the same day: What a dilemma. I wanted to experience the whole day in each of them, but on the Music in the Gardens tour day I started at my mother’s garden, made a dash with tour organizer Patti to Laurie’s at mid-day, and then returned to my mother’s. As [...]
flashback: July and August 2009 — The Boreas Inn
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, container gardens, ferns, narcissi, perennials, plants, public gardens, tagged bed and breakfasts, Boreas Inn, cosmos, gardening, inns, Long Beach (Washington), Long Beach Peninsula on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then we help out with the gardens at the Boreas Inn, even though owner Susie does a lot of the garden care herself. Be sure to look at their website and their Facebook page for photos of the pretty and luxurious suites and Susie and Bill’s sumptuous breakfasts that you’ll enjoy when [...]
flashback: 6 September 2008 — a perfect afternoon in our garden
Posted in 2008 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, container gardens, ferns, garden touring, grasses, our garden, perennials, plants, private gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged cats, gardening, our garden, plants, ponds, Tetrapanax 'Steroidal Giant' on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One afternoon in September I decided to give myself the tour experience within our own garden….to wander, to sit, to ponder and to observe. Looking back on the years in this garden I do wish I had found more time to sit, especially by the pond. I’m not sure I could have done anything different, [...]
flashback: 12 August 2008 — another garden open day
Posted in 2008 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, garden touring, our garden, perennials, plants, private gardens, roses, trees and shrubs, tagged books, deer, garden touring, gardening, our garden, plants, reading on February 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Summer 2008 was indeed the year of glory for our garden. August 12th saw the Vancouver garden club on tour; every year, one of their members goes on the Peninsula garden tour and chooses a few favourites, then requests a tour for her group a month later. It did inspire me to keep the garden [...]
flashback: 22 June 2008 — touring a woodland garden
Posted in 2008 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, garden touring, hardscaping, perennials, private gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged Eugene Oregon, garden touring, Hardy Plant Society study weekend, plants, private gardens, shade gardening, Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Study Weekend Touring, hosted by Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group After a Saturday filled with lectures, Sheila and I spent Sunday touring more Eugene gardens. The first was a huge lot behind this house: An entry patio to the right of the above had different types of small stones set into a grid. Beyond is [...]
flashback: 12 October 2007 — our favourite job
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, plants, public gardens, tagged Billardia longiflora, cats, dogs, ferns, gardening, Klipsan Beach Cottages, plants on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why is Klipsan Beach Cottages my favourite place to work? We love other clients and gardens, but KBC offers the perfect combination of wild garden areas and a more formal deer-fenced area, clients who appreciate unusual plants and who are willing to buy the good topsoil and amendments that it needs, a budget to buy [...]
flashback: 4 August 2007 — a quest fulfilled
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, garden touring, nurseries, plants, trees and shrubs, tagged Dichroa febrifuga, Duffy's Irish Pub, Evergreen Terrace Nursery, garden touring, Skamokawa on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I confess: This is actually written on August 12th, because work has been all-consuming, and during days off I have been obsessed with a big pruning project at home. This isn’t the most suspenseful way of telling the tale, but on the morning of Saturday, August 4th, I read an article by Dan Hinkley in [...]
flashback: 21 June 2010 — Stanford garden, Olympia
Posted in 2010 garden journal flashbacks, ferns, garden touring, grasses, hardscaping, perennials, plants, private gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged dry creek bed, garden touring, gardening, gazebo, granite outcropping, hardscaping, Hardy Plant Society study weekend, Stanford garden in Olympia on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Next we went into an exclusive Olympia neighbourhood along some “residents only” streets to the garden of Sharon and Ed Stanford. This friendly poodle greeted us. To our left we could see a gravel and raised bed garden. We turned right toward a gazebo. from the tour guide brochure: “After you’ve been inspired by a [...]
