Monday, 21 November 2022
We got the garage ready in anticipation …
At last, the bulbs arrived from Van Engelen. It was pretty much my fault they were so late. I made my order late because I had been thinking of doing even fewer this year. Then in September, when we took on the hillside garden, I realized it would benefit wonderfully from lots of deer resistant bulbs and made a bigger order than originally planned.
The nice weather being frustratingly good for planting, I sorted like mad until I had narcissi and alliums, mostly, ready for Time Enough Books and the Freedom Market…
….and then we rushed out to plant them in the late afternoon.
Just look at the mess of weeds I asked Allan to photograph in the little bed we used to care for just east of Time Enough. Apparently no new gardener has been hired. It baffles me that apparently no one cares, except for the bookstore and pot shop who hired us to care for their areas at the port.
We planted Time Enough (and Purly Shell) including planting more tulips in the garden boat…
…and then hurried on to Ilwaco Freedom Market (the pot shop) and planted in both the new entry bed and the curbside.
Then back home where I sorted till about nine o clock and got it done. I reflected back to when our bulbing list was so long, when we also had Klipsan Beach Cottages, Jo’s garden, Andersen’s RV Park, the Depot Restaurant, Boreas Inn, and some other private gardens AND were still planting loads of narcissi in LB (no longer needed because they have plenty). Bulbs sorting used to take three days and planting took at least seven. It was truly Bulb Hell back then before our many clients retired or moved away.
Allan’s job each night of planting is refolding and to cross off the writing on the bulbs bags so they can be reused over and over each year.
The work board tonight. I think we can do it all the planting in three or four more days. If only we can have three days before rain returns!
Tangly Cottage Gardening 
Impressed, as always, by all that you do. Bulb hell, indeed. Love the name “Time Enough.” Bet I would love the shop, too.
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The name is based on that unforgettable Twilight Zone episode that has haunted me since my childhood, “Time Enough at Last”. I have a pair of reading glasses stashed in the greenhouse just in case …for a back up.
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It is baffling why no one cares for certain garden areas. But I’m sure everyone is grateful to see the areas you take care of!
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Thank you.
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I got the BEST bulbs! Gladiolus papilio! I started to clear an unlandscaped area that should get some more interesting plant material because it is somewhat prominent. I do not want to landscape it, but would like to add a bit more interesting material. Gladiolus papilio may go there next autumn, and can go wild if it wants to. It is not likely any more invasive than montbretia, which we cultivate in another landscape. Besides, the area is surrounded by pavement, and will not likely migrate where it lacks occasional irrigation in adjacent sites. A small colony of Watsonia could go there as well, although I do not expect it to migrate very far without help, . . . not that it will not eventually get some help.
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I love that gladiolus 🙂 and watsonia. I have a whole tray of Iris ‘Black Gamecock’ for you next time you come this way.
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A whole tray?! Oh my! Well, I have space for them.
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That garden map on the work board keeps getting overwhelmed I see. But you have an excuse just now.
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Part of my problem, or the main part, is I cannot draw or graph worth beans. I might see if Allan could help me with it.
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