Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Before leaving Ilwaco, we planted two tiny lavender starts in the Time Enough Books garden, where we think they will enjoy the scree-like environment. The weather was ideal: comfortable, not too hot, very little wind.
Then we were off toward some north end jobs, beginning with a check up on the planters atThe Red Barn Arena
I finally managed to get two photos of the baby, born earlier this spring.
We couldn’t cut across a pasture to the garden next door as a horse grazed in that pasture today, so we walked along the highway.Diane’s garden
On the road again, I remembered that Garden Tour Nancy had asked me if we would check out a potential tour garden for her. Located in Tides West, it was on our way to our next job.
a garden tour sneak peek
I do believe this one will be on the tour, so I can’t show too much. I was so impressed; the owner has built all these features herself in just one year.
I was inspired to turn two photos into Waterlogues:
The gardener told us that Ed Strange had recommended that she contact Garden Tour Nancy, and that he calls her garden “Neverland”. She thought he meant it was like a magical fairyland until she learned he actually meant he thought she would never be finished with projects. It is just around the corner from our friend J9’s and I am surprised I had not noticed it before, until I realized that I first visited J9’s new abode and walked around that block over a year ago, and this garden had not even begun then.
Back to the world of work…
Golden Sands Assisted Living
Next, Golden Sands, where Allan strimmed the center lawn (because its easier to bring a string trimmer than a lawn mower down the hallways to the central courtyard).
I had had a plan for quite some time that I finally got around to. I wanted to prune the rhododendrons behind the SW quadrant to be closer to the height of the ones in the upper right above, that were severely pruned two years ago (not by me).
The best time to prune them is shortly after they bloom, so last month would have been better.
It might seem like a bad plan to have large shrubs blocking the view. However, before we got our hands on them, the four quadrants were just scrubby sections of lawn.
Allan hauled four wheelbarrowloads of branches down the halls and out to the debris pile.
With a great sense of accomplishment, we went about ten blocks up the road to
Klipsan Beach Cottages
On the way further north, we stopped at Jack’s for some snacks and a hose fitting.
Marilyn’s garden
At our northernmost garden, I had at long last remembered to bring 13 little painted sage plants, and when they were in the ground, Annuals Planting Time was finally truly done!
Just as I thought we were done with our weeding session, I saw an Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ that needed deadheading.
I had pulled out a big clump of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, behind the montbretia to the right, because I felt it blocked Marilyn’s view of the garden. Her assistant told me a mother deer and two baby fawns are frequenting the garden and Marilyn loves to observe them. There is still plenty of ‘Lucifer’ on the other side of the path.
I wish there were not so much orange montbretia. It was the only plant in the landscape when we began, just a bit here and there. That clump got huge before I realized it.
I had hoped we would be done in time to do Andersen’s RV Park today. It was not to be, so that will have to wait for tomorrow.
We finished with a tiny pruning job at the south side of the port office, where once again we were in the cold north wind. A volunteer elderberry needed some branches trimmed. The wind discouraged photos of the process.
I enjoyed your two Waterlogues
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Thanks, Mr T.
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