In bloom this week
We were gone last week for Fathers Day and the garden seemed to erupt while we were gone. Many of the salvias are blooming and I hope to get a slide show next week when I get my new macro … Continue reading →
Marta
Happy Solstice
Today is the summer solstice. Time for mid-summer night madness. Growing up in California, I never noticed the solstice. Yes, the days became longer but when you are dealing with long over 100 degree F days, you don’t think much … Continue reading →
WBW #34 – Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon
In bloom this week
Pot Roundup
There is a special plastic recycling collection for farmers in Snohomish county next weekend. Northwest Ag Plastic recycling will be collecting plastic nursery pots along with hay bale bags and twine. They will recycle these into black nursery items, pipes … Continue reading →
Blooms of the week
Here is what is in bloom this week in the garden . Created with flickr slideshow. … Continue reading →
So how are the tomatoes coming?
Bellevue Botanical Garden
Whenever we want a perennial fix, we make a trip to the Bellevue Botanical Garden . This is a relatively new garden which opened 1992. The Northwest Perennial Alliance worked with the Bellevue Parks Department to create the garden. The … Continue reading →
How does my garden grow?
This is a planting weekend. The sugar snap peas are coming along nicely. They are just about 2 feet high. We have the tomatoes in the greenhouse but they are growing slowly. We took advantage of the nursery sales and … Continue reading →
Viola trinervata – Sagebrush violet
Viola trinervata – Sagebrush violet I have been testing how to link from Flickr to my blog. I set it up a while ago but I couldn’t remember exactly what I did. It turns out that there is a separate … Continue reading →