I wasn’t focused on blogging in 2009. Two of “our” gardens were going to be on the Peninsula garden tour and they conusmed my thoughts. I had not found a blogging plaform that I liked. So my photos of the parks do not tell a seasonal story, just vignettes of each. We take care [...]
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flashback: 2009 — The Long Beach Parks, April through October
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, fall clean up, grasses, lilies, narcissi, perennials, plants, public gardens, roses, tulips, tagged bulbs, cosmos, deer-resistant plants, gardening, hydrangeas, Long Beach (Washington), Long Beach Peninsula, narcissi, ornamental grasses, plants, ponds, roses, Salvia viridis, Super Dorothy rose, tulips on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
flashback: 2009 — Sea Nest and Casa Pacifica
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, grasses, perennials, private gardens, public gardens, roses, trees and shrubs, tagged Casa Pacifica, deer, deer-resistant plants, dogs, gardening, ornamental grasses, private gardens, roses, Sea Nest on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The only reason these two gardens are sharing a post is that I took few pictures of them in 2009. Sea Nest, a wonderful place to stay on the Long Beach Peninsula, had changed owners and we were changing the garden to be more low maintenance. For some reason the deer don’t bother this garden, [...]
flashback: 2009 — 3 gardens in deer country
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, container gardens, grasses, narcissi, perennials, plants, public gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged Andersen's RV Park, bulbs, deer, deer-resistant plants, Discovery Heights, gardening, Ilwaco, Long Beach Peninsula, narcissi, ornamental grasses, plants, Wiegardt Gallery on March 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
As well as Marilyn’s private garden, three of our public gardens have a particularly hard time with deer and we have to plant thoughtfully and sometimes with frustration as the taste buds of the deer seem to vary from season to season and even between neighbourhoods. Andersen’s RV Park The one place at Andersen‘s where [...]
flashback: 2009 — Marilyn’s garden, part two, the details
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, grasses, perennials, plants, private gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged Allium albopilosum, deer, gardening, Helianthus 'Lemon Queen, Marilyn's garden, ornamental grasses, Phygelius, plants, private gardens, Stipa gigantea on March 3, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Standing by the back porch looking north to the lawn, two views: June 18th and July 18th: Below: The back porch, June 18th and July 3rd. Marilyn’s mum recently told us that M. does not like or even quite approve of beer, and so hops might not have been the best choice of vine for [...]
flashback: 2009 — restaurant gardening: the sublime Depot
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, container gardens, grasses, perennials, plants, public gardens, tagged Basket Case, clamshell railroad, Depot Restaurant, dining, English Nursery, gardening, Long Beach Peninsula, nurseries, ornamental grasses, planters, plants, restaurants, Seaview Washington on March 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Our favourite local restaurant and one that gets all the top star ratings is The Depot Restaurant in Seaview, Washington, and we are honoured to work on their small garden. The Depot building was indeed a depot for the Clamshell Railroad. The Depot gardens consist of the front door container plantings, a garden bed on [...]
flashback: 7 November 2007 — creating an ornamental grass-scape
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, grasses, hardscaping, private gardens, tagged dry creek bed, gardening, ornamental grasses, river rock, stained glass stepping stones on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
By the end of the first week in November, most of the bulbs were in the ground while we awaited a second shipment. It never fails that no matter how extravagant my bulb order, more will be needed as people see us planting them and request just a few more. We embarked on a new [...]
flashback: 15 March 2007: Those pesky deer will drive me mad
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, private gardens, tagged bulbs, deer, gardening, Marilyn's garden, ornamental grasses on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of days ago we spent several hours weeding Marilyn’s garden. Marilyn is the mother of the owner of the wonderful Depot Restaurant where we have dined for many a pleasant hour. From scratch we made this garden last fall on scratchy sweeps of weedy sand. Several issues inspired the design. Like all small [...]
flashback: 23 & 24 Feb 2007: pruning, clipping, raking
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, public gardens, spring clean up, tagged gardening, Long Beach (Washington), ornamental grasses on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The weather was workable on Friday, so we began by cutting back the ornamental grasses at Raymond Federal Bank. We had been asked to prune a conifer which was blocking the light from a tall streetlamp, so I thought I would remove a couple of branches to see the inner shape of the many trunks. [...]
flashback: 13 February 2007: dog and pony show
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, private gardens, public gardens, spring clean up, tagged dogs, gardening, horses, Laurie's garden, Long Beach Peninsula, ornamental grasses, Willapa Bay on February 8, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Our first visit of the year to the wondrous Laurie’s garden, a private paradise on the bay with a perennial border that verges on jungle in the summer. The usual cutting back of grasses and sedums and other perennials was done plus chasing down runners from Lysimachia purpurea and a white running aster that while [...]
