Monday, 27 June 2016
Our volunteer post office garden
I will soon remedy the bareness along the front edge. I do not like seeing soil!
Long Beach
Along with some tidying of parks, we watered all the Long Beach planters. They had not been done since Wednesday because of our garden touring trip. Fortunately, it had rained on Thursday and misted on Friday.
dierama and Dorothy Perkins rose in Fifth Street Park
Asiatic lilies Fifth Street Park
Fifth Street Park: I moved two tiny cannas from shade to sun in hope they will do better (like the ones we saw while garden touring in Salem). Not happy that front corner is bare.
in a planter: trimmed some nasturtium leaves so the poor agastache shows
I so love these santolinas.
First Place Mall planter and lovely grey weather
The parsley in this planter reseeds itself and I edit it to the right amount.
parsley, cosmos, agastache
one of my favourite planters, by Dennis Co
Fish Alley (Allan’s photo)
Fish Alley planter (Allan’s photo)
A visitor was taking photos of his gnome. (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
by Lewis and Clark square (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
reseeded eryngium is still there (Allan’s photo). It got wiped out by a street sweeper before the next Long Beach day.
We mulched the big L&C Square planter. (Allan’s photo)
L&C Square planter (Allan’s photo)
L& C Square planter (Allan’s photo)
Ilwaco
While Allan watered the street trees and planters, I weeded the boatyard.
one of the Ilwaco planters (Allan’s photo) The deer are not bothering the nasturtiums as much this year.
Ilwaco planter, with orange lilies somebody else stuck in (Allan’s photos). I would have cut off those erysimum flowers.
This kitty follows his person down Lake Street. (Allan’s photo)
It took me an hour and a half to make a big mess just in this one small stretch of garden. It hurts to step in and out of the garden, just a slight step down.
had to cut back an echinops that had placed itself next to the sidewalk…phooey.
at the boatyard (Allan’s photo). Allan helped clean up the mess I made.
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
at home
At last I had time for a quick look around the garden while picking a bouquet for Salt Hotel.
nicely full barrel from some overnight rain
I did not mind that we had watered yesterday and then it rained. It was good to get hose water down to the surface of the planters; sometimes rain does not penetrate through the thick foliage.
looking SE from entry gate
Mermaid rose
a leptospermum that I bought from Pam Fleming
Clematis ‘Rooguchi’ blooming way up high
my new Hydrangea ‘Edgy Orbits’
the curse of bindweed and no time to deal with it
Fuchsia Lane
on Fuchsia Lane
Danger Tree bed; I missed the peak of the Dranunculus vulgaris.
the rose that Jo gave me
I wanted very much to stay home with Smokey.
I wish for time to weed my front garden.
Port of Ilwaco
bouquet delivered to Salt Hotel (astilbes and sanguisorba)
at the marina
We had some weeding to do at the port before our main job of the day. Our goal for the week: To get Long Beach and the port and the boatyard gardens looking great for the Fourth of July weekend.
chatting with Don Nisbett at his gallery
Time Enough Books curbside garden
a veronica and beach strawberry
pulling spent poppies by Salt Hotel
garden at west end, looking east
west end garden, looking west
FINGER BLIGHT! Some swiped an eryngium flower stalk. Grrr. (Allan’s photo)
Jo’s garden
Our friend Ed Strange (Strange Landscaping) was working on a garden kitty corner from Jo’s and popped over to visit before we got started.
Ed and Jackson (Allan’s photo)
my good friend Jackson
We spent the rest of the day weeding and grooming Jo’s garden, perhaps for the second to last time. Jo, our longest time client for over 20 years, is passing her beach garden and cottage on to a beloved niece. I have decided it is time to pass the garden on to Dave and Melissa and/or Todd. I am now a year older than the age Jo was when she first hired me in 1994.
I’ll miss Jo and Bob and my good friend Coco.
Coco (Allan’s photo)
Jo’s entry garden
entry flower bed, before
and after some weeding and trimming
inside the entry flower garden (Allan’s photo)
middle courtyard, with Jo behind the screen door
northwest path, before
and after Allan trimmed it up
me and Jo
west garden
Allan’s photo
before…and…
after (Allan’s photos)
the west gate (Allan’s photo)
It has been a year of letting go. This is a favourite garden to say goodbye to, even though it is one that we only care for once every month or so.
Jo’s garden is beautiful. Long goodbyes are hard.
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You are right, it is a long goodbye.
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Things are looking very good in spite of your holiday. I am sorry about your aches and pains.
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Thank you, Mr. T. I will be doing some big catch on your blog soon as will soon be caught up on…life! I am so looking forward to a few hours in your world.
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P.S. Allan is caught up as he reads you every day and keeps me updated on breaking news.
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Everything looks so pretty – love all of the colorful flowers and delicate touches.
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Thank you!
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The next time I’m in Portland I would love to come up to Ilwaco and LB to photograph your public gardens It’s on the punch list..
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Please do!
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