Friday, 26 May 2017

Smokey looking forward to a relaxing day

while picking up a book at the Ilwaco Timberland Library, tried to capture the garden looking flowery.

rhododendron at the library (Allan’s photo)
Watch this trailer and you will see why I am eager for the movie to become available. My friend saw it at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Long Beach
Today was the day to get as much as possible of Long Beach looking good for the big holiday weekend.

easternmost planter on the Sid Snyder approach…but I had meant Bolstad beach approach so we went there instead.

westernmost planter on Bolstad, looking empty because the Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ I had filled in with have all been stolen.

It is bloom time for the beautiful wild beach pea.

Allan’s photo.

looking east toward town over a not yet weeded Armeria (sea thrift)

looking east from the end of the beach approach garden


rugosa roses starting to bloom

Allan’s photo

Allan’s photo

more lupine

Rosa rugosa ‘Alba’

walking back half a block to get my clippers (see them sitting on the edge?). The planters closer to town have fewer plants taken out of them.

When the city gets a new pile of mulch, I intend for us to mulch this garden bit by bit over the summer. It has become grey sand.

a rather nice planter close to town

single pink rugosa rose
On the north side of city hall, my Aruncus (goats beard) had flopped forward way early this year. (We even have eye hooks in the building for always having to tie it back midsummer!)

before: Usually it waits to flop till it has bloomed!

After cutting back. As you can see, this garden is always in shade.

more of the north side garden
All 37 of the downtown planters needed watering. We did the north two blocks together.

Allan’s photo

Cosmos look happy (Allan’s photo)

NO! And no one here has any of this plant left for sale. However, I think it will revive.

cut back, replanted
I had been obsessing about having forgotten on Wednesday to get trailies for the Vet Field planters. I thought we just had time to zip up to the Planter Box to get some, so we did. I also picked up some painted sage for me.

my painted sage and cosmos (Allan’s photo)

trailies; probably supposed to be red white and blue, but not. Also, tomato and cukes for me!

Planter Box pretties, Allan’s photo. I missed seeing these!

Fifth Street Park SW quadrant

camassia (Allan’s photo)

First Place Mall, new lavender planted last week has been thoroughly squashed, how and why?

I kept this little cutie.

Note the yellow bulb foliage in above rock photo. I had intended to remove all yellowing foliage today. By the time I was partway through, I knew I would not have time to address every leaf.
I reflected grimly on how the rugosa roses that had volunteered under one tree, and that we had tried to edit severely this spring, have jumped all over this tree pocket garden. Then I saw a little rock.

and another on the next planter

It’s officially ok to keep a rock.

Many of the rocks today were from Marysville.

You might think this is the second one I kept; it was not.

Three packs of unplanted Cosmos ‘Sonata’!

THIS was the other rock I kept today.

I had permission.

If I had had some string, I would have tied up my asphodel. It has been blooming for weeks unscathed.

one remaining Night Rider tulip

I lugged bucket water to the barrels at the back of Fish Alley. I have often thought I will just drop dead doing that. Joking. Sort of. While there, I contemplated what to do when the bulb foliage dies down.

I’ve added an Erysimum to the center awhile back. Everything I planted last year around the edges, mostly herbs and sedums to avoid having to water too often, has been taken since last fall.

The two barrels by the street are not decimated…

But they no longer match because one is missing its Santolina ‘Lemon Fizz’.

sparkly
We had time to check the Sid Snyder approach planters…

One had a nice sea thrift mixed with lithodora one one side…

…and its other side emptied by a thieving varmint.
My concern is that the planter that needs replanting is a vulnerable one and that everything we put into it will be stolen. I said to Allan that we will plant it once, with drought tolerant plants that can hold up to just a weekly watering, and if those plants are stolen…I give up and will make it just beach strawberry.
Our last task was to put the bucket of soil into the northernmost planter with the sad Geranium ‘Rozanne.’ Allan did it. I sat and looked kitty corner at the round bed in Coulter Park.

over there where the flag is
The Cove Restaurant

We look forward all week to our North Beach Garden Gang dinner.

Cove entry garden (Allan’s photo)

in the foyer (Allan’s photo)

house salad (Allan’s photo)

Caesar salad

stir fry bowl (Allan’s photo)

Cove burger for Dave

halibut with lemony risotto

tired and a bit sunburned (we all forgot to use sunscreen on this first really sunny day)

a dessert for us all to share of lemon cake and rhubarb cake. The latter was especially good.
Again, it makes me angry that someone steals the plants. Grrr! I would think it would be the same individual who probably lives locally, but what do I know? Love the different rocks.
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I think it’s a local, too, based on the way they almost always go for nice beachy perennials.
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I am not quite sure how I would react to finding rocks offering me advice.
The place looks pretty good in spite of your reservations.
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Thanks, Mr T. Your drollness is appreciated.
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