Being that gardening is a passion that I have, I thought, why not journal my gardening experiences. My family always told me that I inherited my grandmother's greenthumb. So much of how I do things in my life are a direct influence of that singular woman. I dedicate this project to you Grandma, I wish with all my heart that you could be here rubbing elbows with me in the garden. I'll just have to keep putting our favorite flowers everywhere, so that it's like you really are here. I miss you.
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I'm a 37yr old haus frau, living in Kenmore, WA, just north of Seattle. I'm a gardening enthusiast who loves to write. I live here with my partner of 4 years and our soon to be 2year old Wiemaraner Harlow.
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Sunday, March 27, 2005
it's Raining, it's Pouring and my old man is snoring...
Seriously, he's in bed right now cutting down the redwood forest. I on the other hand, am sitting here in the office looking out my window at the rain drenched back yard daydreaming about summer. I'm not sad about the rain, we need it and the media here was throwing the D. word around like crazy. Hopefully this will calm things down a bit.I stayed inside most of the day yesterday, but I did make a trip to the nursery to pick up my check and spend it. If I'm anything I'm efficient...you know, kill two birds with one stone. I picked up a few things for the shade and the front walkway. The big purchase was a nice Acanthus mollis or Bear's Breechs. These have really great foliage and a cool looking bloom spike. It's great for under trees and places that are hard to grow in. It does require regular waterings, but I'm incorporating it into the bog area so that shouldn't be a problem. For along the walk way, I picked up some Lewisia, a native drought tolerant plant that has a the sweetest little blooms. Along with the Lewisia, I'm going to put in a couple clumps of Poppy orientalis.
Looks like the rain may be letting up...hmmmm. Might be able to get a few things in the ground today.
5 Comments:
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Nicho commented at 2:30 PM~
HEY I object!!! In my defense...I may have been snoring loudly that morning...but you can all thank Mr. Greenthumb (aka Typhoid MARY) for giving me his congested lung and snottiness! HMPH!!!
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Homestead commented at 12:06 PM~
Post. More. Pictures.
Can't WAIT to see the bog-garden. I love getting new ideas and, since we moved to this new place in October, I might get to try some of them out! I miss my old yard. I am seriously considering trying to build some sort of beautiful, ornate cage to garden within to deter the deer who think my flower bed is a SALAD BAR. All the Grant's Deer Repel in the world won't stop a deer looking for a tulip.-
Random and Odd commented at 2:08 PM~
I truly love this website. I swear I say it everytime I come here. Now it's even MORE beautiful.
I love it. :)-
Annejelynn commented at 6:08 PM~
oh my - you've made some changes!
Hadn't been around - busy, Blogger bites, etc. Like your new 'do'-
SierraBella commented at 2:12 PM~
Love your site!
More pictures PLEASE?
BTW, is that marijuana behind the acanthus?
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