Tuesday, 30 July 2019
The Red Barn
I was pleased to be greeted by my good friend, Dog.
We watered as well as weeded because the container plants were dry.
Very dry.
Two different people apologized (without me even kvetching) and said they would do better. The rodeo last weekend had consumed their attention.
Allan saw Cosmo, but I had gone to the planter on the other side of the barn by then.
Diane’s garden
Along the roadside garden fence, we have great sweet pea success.
The septic vault garden has much to offer.
Long Beach
We tidied up Veterans Field and Fifth Street Park in advance of the summer weekend events (in this case, the Jake the Alligatorman birthday party).
Brainstorm: If I could get some more handsome gallon sized Jackman’s Blue rue I could fill in the saddest side of the garden, where the sprinkler doesn’t hit.
But…I checked around and no big handsome gallon ones are available here. I took some cuttings, looking ahead to next year.
Fifth Street Park needed a big clipping of the horribly mildewed Dorothy Perkins rose. I always feel compelled to say that this rose was not chosen by me, but instead by a landscape architect.
Cathy of Captain Bob’s Chowder gave us some welcomingly cooling bottled sodas on this rather hot day.
Now the park is ready for Jake’s event. Jake lives inside Marsh’s Free Museum. A parade will go from Marsh’s to Veterans Field on Saturday.
On the other side of the park, Super Dorothy rose is in the pink of health. That one was chosen by me and the parks manager, on the recommendation of Heirloom Roses.
Today, we had the time to finally weed two tiny sidewalk gardens (if you can call them that) a block north of city hall. I was not thrilled when gravel was dumped on one of them. It does not make the weeding easier.
We had a visit from a local dog, Georgia.
After dumping quantities of debris at city works, we returned with a couple of buckets of mulch.
Boreas Inn
we made a quick and efficient tidying tour of the Boreas Inn garden.
The west garden leads to a path to the beach.
Beautiful, floriferous photos! The septic garden has filled in with flowers. I love the color of the alliums.
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Thanks! They slowly shift in color from purple to green.
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So much is blooming! Love Susie’s containers and your photos of the dogs.
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Hello, Skylar, the butterfly is a form of Admiral, Limenitis, and the “moth” is a skipper, some form of duskywing, Erynnis. Skippers have long thin antenna with clubs tapering to pointed hooks on the tip. I am hesitant to give the second part of the binomial because, although I have each of these types in my own garden, I am not familiar with those of Cascadia. I used Robert Michael Pyle’s Butterflies of Cascadia, an excellent book even just for reading. I’m sure your local library carries it or can get it for you. Then you can find the exact name. I recall a blog post about Allan meeting Pyle on a boating outing. All Pyle’s book make great reading.
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Thank you so much. I have most of Pyle’s books but not that one, must get it. Thanks for the recommendation. I did not know he had an actual ID book out there.
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A grand title and very apt too.
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Thank you! I’m trying to do less repetitive titles.
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Skylar, is there a non-permeable bottom on the septic vault ? Or is it on top of soil ? And is the actual septic tank above or below the grade ? I guess I’m trying to understand if this is a giant container with a bottom, or a giant raised bed open to soil .
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I’m a bit mystified by it, too. I just know that a great many people plant them up with apparently no ill effects. Obviously not with plants with big root systems. There is a little layer of soil, and then a sort of fabric liner, and below that is the land of mystery.
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More sweet peas! and tigridias! . . . and even lilies!
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