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 →
Category Archives: Gardening
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 →
Lakewold Garden
We finally had a chance to visit Lakewold Garden, a well known Puget Sound garden just outside of Tacoma. I don’t know why it took so long. The garden consists of 10 acres bordering Lake Gravelly near Fort Lewis. It … Continue reading →
Dunn Gardens
Sometimes you will find the most amazing surprises right in your backyard. Today we found the Dunn Gardens. I had heard of the garden but never really knew much about it. We stopped by their booth at the Seattle Flower … Continue reading →
May Flowers
April showers bring May Flowers How true. The cherries have finished blooming and the trees are leafing out. It is now on to the next wave of blooming plants. The neighborhoods are a riot of color; filled with hybrids of … Continue reading →