Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Ilwaco Freedom Market
Oh dear, it looks looks like the weeding job that had started east of the Freedom Market has come to a halt. Later, we drove along the port and saw that many of the curbside beds are still unweeded. I wonder what happened? Some of the beds have been unweeded since June of 2022. It is simply ridiculous for public gardens to be allowed decline like this.
Fortunately, Freedom Market (the cannabis shop) hires us to do their curbside bed.
Ilwaco Fire Station
We weeded at our volunteer garden.
Allan saw that the California poppy seeds I planted have germinated on the east side.
Southwest corner, before a bit of weeding…
…and after a bit of weeding.
West side:
Ilwaco Post Office garden
At our other volunteer garden, Allan took out another section of the annoying pink geranium which arrived unbidden from somewhere and wants to take over…
…still leaving the part that is creeping along the neighbour’s fence to tackle next time.
I was disheartened to find that deer had nipped the tops of about half of the lilies. I left the ones that remain good but dug out the ones that are bitten off and replanted them at home. It is clear I am going to have to rethink this garden. Replacements will have to be from what I can grow or propagate for free. I am hoping for some successful cosmos to transplant into the garden.
The huge English laurel to the west, a plant that is disliked by many knowledgable gardeners in the Pacific Northwest, is not helping by overshadowing the garden and just being rooty and unfriendly to our plants.
The lilies were the showpiece of that garden, in staggered bloom from asiatics to late blooming orientals and oirenpets. Phooey on the deer.
Norwood garden
I weeded the little garden two doors down and enjoyed some Dutch iris that had been blown about by the wind…
…and a white lilac.
Allan mowed the lawns there, front and back.
at home
We’d had rain overnight.
I didn’t have much energy left so did some general and, as I write this four days later, unmemorable puttering.
”Unmemorable puttering” describes so much of my gardening. Always productive though, right?😳
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It’s more gratifying if I can remember what I did 😹
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Thank you for pictures of my little garden. I enjoy seeing those.
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I meant to send them to you in messenger and forgot, so I’m glad you saw them here !
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All the gardens are looking pretty. What a shame about the Port gardens not being weeded. Your Freedom Market garden looks great, though!
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We just got laid off that job cuz of a change in management. I’m not sad about it. I didn’t like seeing how bad the other garden beds look and now I don’t have to go to the port at all.
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Well, that makes me sad. All those Port gardens used to be so pretty when you and Allan were caring for them.
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It’s pretty awful what happened to them when we left that job.
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It is a great pity when public gardens are left to get untidy.
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