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Comments (51)ianorc, I planted a Compassion this last spring and do agree it has some lovely blooms. Glad to know it does so well for you. I haven't been to the San Juan Islands yet, but hope to next year. All of this area is really beautiful. I hope you'll visit more often and post. I'd love to hear what all you grow and about your garden. Suzy, I've often thought that your descriptions make up for all the pictures you don't post for us. That's a lovely picture with words. It sent me back into old pictures of birds that lived in my southern garden, bluebirds, woodpeckers, flickers, titmice, several kinds of finches, robins, lots of cardinals, hummers. Lots of other kinds of animals here but I miss the small birds out my kitchen window. Here, I know the birds must be out there, but the forest cover is so dense and food so abundant that I don't see them. Or haven't learned to yet. Must work on that, I miss them. I hope your waxwings come abundantly for you. Thanks for posting....See MoreSnow!!
Comments (70)I can share in your frustrations! We had three snow storms in April... the first one dumped 26" (~60cm), then when that had just begun to melt, we got another 12" (30cm). Then we thought, okay, finally, spring is here... and on April 26th we got 14" (35cm)! It was our snowiest April on record by a long shot and there are still snowbanks around town and the ice is still on the lakes. The good news? The evergreens sighed relief and have greened up nicely, the pussy willows have done their thing, and my tulips are growing just fine! I went to the garden center today and they had all sorts of tempting things wheeled out on carts. I got some Hostas, geraniums, some spring bulbs, and a plum bush... Now I just have to be patient. I can't count out several more deep freezes before the end of the month this year!...See MoreSnow Pavement...such a happy, carefree rose
Comments (10)I found some very nice gallicas at Northland Rosarium....two Belle de Crecy and a couple of Belle Virginie. (I think that's spelled correctly.) However, my kitty passed away a week and a half ago, so the gallicas are going in a little garden for him. In the potager, we'll be moving my mom's two Zephirine Drouhin roses on either side of the white arch. We had to cut those down to the ground last year, to move her deck, but I dug them up and brought down the roots...and they're back and blooming again, this summer! We have other roses we may move, including a pretty little David Austin my mom had in her garden. She believes it's Golden Celebration, but it could be Graham Thomas. She's sure it started with a G and it's very pretty : ) I also have two fairy roses that I'm going to put on either side of the bird bath. Let me see if I have a picture...found it! All the way to the right, against the fence. We got too late a start with the beds to have peppers and tomatoes ripen...and even on a good year, those are tricky. Our summers are so short, but raspberries do very well. So do apples and grapes...anything that can take a bit of frost and keep growing! Spring is the best time to attack an overgrown mess. We'll be doing that next year, in the back of the garden. We didn't get everything dug out, before it got too warm. Once the clay starts to dry out (and turn to cement) it's too late to dig. At least with a shovel...maybe a jackhammer! LOL...See MoreThe New Normal (here's 15 characters*)
Comments (8)I remember last December here where we hit several days of single digit, sometimes teens, days and negative nights. Then Winter held on and Spring was very late. Maybe three years ago we had record snowfall. Usually we get snow and then our normal is for the higher coastal temps to melt most of the snow before the next storm comes. That year temps stayed so low all winter that little of the snow melted. People born and raised here said they had never seen such snow accumulation. Winter feels healthy here, and I love it. (Full disclosure: From the perspective of somebody who grew up in Alabama!) It could be that things are more erratic, but we definitely experience Winter!...See More
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