Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2008

A Trip to Flower World

This blog used to be mostly about gardening. Now it's mostly about the neighborhood, but I'll continue to throw in plant posts. I can't help myself.

On the way to Flower World we stopped at the Woodinville Taco Time.

A box of Mexi-fries basking in the sunshine. Sublime.

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Flower World is big and nice. Everyone loves Flower World. so I don't need to say much about it. They have a lot of stuff, it's clean and tidy, and they grow 90% of what they sell. And they pipe out way too much harp music.

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Heather.

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Last year I did a lot of nursery browsing; now I can spot a baby Cryptomeria from 50 yards away.

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Cryptomeria japonica 'cristata." I have five of these in my backyard. I'm not sure they're going to make it.

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Oh, maybe this post is on theme after all. This cedar is called "Beacon Hill."

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A sign warns of escaping turtles. My husband's on the lookout.

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There's an iris farm next door.

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Monday, December 31, 2007

Around the Yard on the Last Day of the Year

The viburnum's doing well.

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My beloved smoke tree.

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The sedum are filling in, bless their little hearts.

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The moss is slower, but it's coming along too.

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The ceanothus is blooming just a little bit.

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The moles are digging the soft soil.

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The grass is full of moss. I'm OK with that.

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I'm not sure this cryptomeria is going to make it.

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The others are looking a bit better.

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I've heard they don't transplant well, but this strawberry tree seems to be doing just fine so far.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Year in Pictures in Review: Part 2 (August Through December)

AUGUST

My little neighborhood held its first block party.

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I suspected Little & Lewis my have my very favorite private garden in the area.

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I took a lot of evening walks.

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And drank a lot of French white wine, sometimes in my handmade Rubaiyat shoes.

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Our plum tree produced an abundance of fruit.

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And I made many ginger plum crisps.

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I started planting the rock wall with sedums and heathers.

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I visited Ciscoe's yard toward the end of its glory.

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And found some awesome porn in the attic.

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SEPTEMBER

We went to the Bridge Motel party.

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We found a sign in our attic.

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And I watched this Joan Jett video a lot.



OCTOBER

I got a new camera!

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I take more, better photos inside the Brew House.

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And of course I did the Halloween tour of Georgetown.

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NOVEMBER

I take a lot fewer photos when the days get short.

The Great Stuff antique shop in Georgetown.

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Kubota Gardens.

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DECEMBER

It snowed.

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I ate a crepe at Hangar Cafe. I'm thinking about it still.

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We went to the Georgetown Holiday Art Walk.

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I got these.

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And I think I might be just about done with photos for the year.