Monday, 5 November 2018
Once again, we worked instead of having the reading day that I had so fervently hoped for (based on the weather forecast—wrong again!).
We began at the boatyard, making some santolina clippings to take to the Basket Case Greenhouse.
As we drove to the Basket Case, we checked Diane’s roadside garden in passing. We did not get there last week; it looks ok.
Basket Case Greenhouse
The greenhouse is offering a series of workshops for Christmas decor.
The little mama cat was most interested in our van.
Roxanne kindly donated some end of season violas, sea thrift, catmint, and primroses to our public gardens.
Peninsula Landscape Supply
A short way to the north, we stopped in at Peninsula Landscape Supply to order a big pile of mulch. I have decided it makes more sense to have it dumped in our driveway and then bucket it around Ilwaco rather than to drive back and forth eight times or more getting a yard at a time in our rickety trailer.
PLS is having an end of season sale on plants and garden decor.
Long Beach
We had debris from our last LB work session. We added to it with crocosmia from the little popouts.
In planting violas and sea thrift around town, we discovered I had left behind one flat of the violas. Dadblast it! Roxanne kindly said she would bring them to our house.
The city crew was busy hanging holiday decorations.
If you think it is too early for Christmas stuff, just remember how very much they have to get done before Thanksgiving weekend, which opens the December holiday festivities in Long Beach.
I got to meet two greyhounds.
We dumped our debris at almost sunset.
Shelburne Hotel
To give something back to Roxanne for the violas, in the twilight we dug a batch of ill-placed Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ out of what I want to be a hardy fuchsia bed. We then rewarded ourselves for a rushed and hard working day with a delicious dinner in the pub.
The Ilwaco Fire Department was holding down the bar.
At home, I bagged up some Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, some Gladiolus papilio and some elephant garlic for Roxanne, then worked my nerves with an hour of news followed by a soothing episode of the detective show, Vera, and bedtime reading by Marion Cran.
I’ll be back later, but wanted to send you this. You might find it amusing.
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Thank you!
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You are welcome. Thank you for the Gladiolus papillio bulbs!
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My pleasure.
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Nice way to end your day with dinner out, detective show and reading! (Sorry about the news part!)
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So nice to see no snow!! Also fun to read the blog about your blog by tonytomeo. That’s well-deserved fan praise.
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I was well chuffed about his nice post about us.
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Do they start the santolina cuttings? I’d like to try that. Any pointers? I love the wind blocks for the picnic planters.
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Yes, they will. They are really easy to start. Just get a woody tough little stem (not the softest ones), strip the lower leaves, pinch off the soft top end, stick it in the soil and often it will “take”. I bet it will be 100% success in careful greenhouse conditions.
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The news is enough to get on anyone’s nerves.
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Yes, from everywhere, it seems. 😦
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