Tuesday, 26 May 2020
We’d had some welcome rain, as shown in the red rain gauge.
We took two wheelbarrows in our trailer so as not to have to touch the one that we usually borrow at the job.
On our way to work, we stopped at Patti’s Seaview cottage to talk about making a flower garden in the front yard.
I have to pet Stella, as she would not understand otherwise.
And then disinfected my hand, but not Stella.
Patti and I kept a proper distance.
The bed will be U shaped. Patti’s right hand man will dig out the sod and we will mulch and plant.
On the shady side of the garden, Patti has some well trimmed sword ferns. She thought she would stick to restful green and gold foliage but has found that she misses having flowers.
I meant for us to check the Depot garden after that, but I forgot. They are re-opening for sit down dining on Thursday with half the seating, due to Covid safety rules.
We went on to our job of the day, at
The Boreas Inn
We saw deer as soon as we were parked southwest of the garden.
A path leads through long grass to the west lawn beds.
I had a social distance chat with Susie.
The beds needed edging, our main project for today. The deer were not at all daunted by our presence.
It was disappointing that after all our work making the garden look spiffing, some folks who were looking to buy the inn decided that they did not want to stay in Washington state and canceled their inspection. Susie and Bill would love to retire. The price is good for an innkeeper’s house and a five suite inn with a path to the beach! Have a look, here.
On the way home, we drove by the boatyard to see if the cosmos looked good. They did, but my sidalcea was partly broken. What a shame. Could be deer or wind. It had to be tidied.
We then went home for some Cosmos ‘Happy Ring’ and annual asters and painted sage for our volunteer garden at the Ilwaco Fire Station.
We made another trip home because I forgot my sunflower seeds, and then I could not find them. Maybe I planted them all at home.
Brodiaea ‘Firecracker’ is in the foreground below.
Some attractive sedums and golden oregano in the narrow east side bed:
With the fire station garden tidied, we did one last actual job, a bulb foliage tidy-up at
The Ilwaco Community Building.
The tiered garden is always Allan’s project because of the changes of level being hard on my knees.
I like seeing the bright yellow Allium moly ‘Jeannine’.
Now we are taking the rest of the week off so I can get ready for my small invitational plant sale and do some weeding so that the garden is not an embarrassment when people walk through.
All photos but two today were by Allan.
Those deer certainly are bold.
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Patti’s prospective garden is enticing. If I were creating it, I’d be itching to begin planting.
I can empathize with Suzie & Bill. My neighbors own a B&B that they’ve placed on the market three times. Just this week, they finally got a contract, but it’s been a long road with many disappointments. The edging looks great by the way.
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Congratulations to your friends for finally selling. It’s been a long wait for Bill and Susie, and another friend of ours waited years before her art gallery and framing business sold so she could retire.
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It is very strange to me to see deer in a garden.
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Is golden oregano an ornamental or herbal plant, or both? I just dried a bit here that grew wild in the rose garden. I thought it would be nice to leave it there, but it got so invasive.
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