Rosa glauca Our streak of rain-free days has come to an end. It rained Thursday bringing the streak to an end. We matched the previous record of 29 consecutive dry days in May-June. It was nice to hear the rain … Continue reading →
Strawberries in Chianti It is Saturday – That means it is time to hunt photos again. This week’s theme is Creamy. I dug around through some of my cooking photos for a few items I’ve made the past year or … Continue reading →
> Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ I don’t have any particular color scheme in our garden. Our garden is totally a plantsman garden. No design. No rhyme. No scheme. There are plants scattered through the area. I love to walk the garden … Continue reading →
Yes, we have tomatoes! Three of the tomatoes on the driveway and one in the greenhouse have fruit. The first one to fruit is a new variety for us, Oregon Star. The plant looks a little funky. The leaves are … Continue reading →
Fremontodendron ‘California Glory‘ I love this time of the year in the garden. The garden just erupts in color. Yesterday I took the opportunity to walk around and take some pictures. I noticed right off that yellow was the predominant … Continue reading →
First harvest – lettuce Wow! What a different three warm weeks will make. We have been having gorgeous weather here in Seattle. It has been up in the 80’s this week. You can almost see the garden growing. I did … Continue reading →
The weather has been gorgeous. We have had one of the best month of May in a long time. June is starting out well also. Yesterday it got to almost 80 degrees. Today in the mid-70’s. Our friend wanted to … Continue reading →