tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55319359099127477302012-02-28T17:21:20.794-08:00Life in a Northwest garden...rain, slugs & 3mths of sunshine!Julia@PolkaDotGalosheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082105347866101606noreply@blogger.comBlogger991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5531935909912747730.post-87703631329961077872012-02-22T20:35:00.000-08:002012-02-22T20:35:48.245-08:00

A little treasure hidden deep in the memory of my cell phone, what a bursting treat!

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How do you know if your vegetable seed is a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)? What is your label telling you or not telling you about your seed?  image - Etsy shop...The Little Ragamuffin Some of the advances in seed technology are amazing, creating stronger, healthier, just down right gorgeous variates of plants. Gardner's and Farmer's are always looking at new ways to make a plant disease

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Wow, I don't know how they do it every year? Turn the convention center into a gardeners drool fest!! Again, the creative minds behind The Northwest Flower and Garden Show wowed the senses and blew my mind with an overwhelming garden giddiness! Yeah I was that girl you saw with the dumb expression of...wow wow wow on her face. Honestly, if there had been a glass window, I would've been the kid

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My garden seems to be blessed with self sowing tulip bulbs...I don't remember planting you?

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I could handle starting my week like this more often!  With yummy "hubby brewed espresso" in hand (complete with coffee art rosette, yeah he's a keeper!) my snuggly jammies still on and in no rush to go anywhere or do anything this chilly Monday morning. Oh did I mention the kids are off to school and the house is blissfully quiet once again. I flick my laptop on and catch up with the same old

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After spending a bit of time in the garden yesterday, being wowed by the ice coverage, then later that night being mesmerized by its icy-sparkling beauty.  Ice in all its beauty! I thought it time to get my gardening gear on aka, snow gear and head out to asses the state of my plants. Up until now I had only really been out the back, so today I ventured out-front..."shock and awe" was what I

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We have all heard the story of the boy who cried wolf...You know the one where the weatherman cries..."the snow storm of the century is coming" only to then get 2inches of snow 3yrs in a row. Needless to say, we all have grow tired of his false predictions and our trust in the wild claims is non-existent! On Tuesday with barely any snow sticking to the roads, we were told of a wild and crazy

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It may be snowing outside and I could be updating you with the latest Seattle "Snow-Armageddon" updates (those will come), but for now I am so excited about the the upcoming show...I am counting down the weeks now, its nearly Northwest Flower & Garden show time! To some its just another information day, or an obligation to volunteer or man a both, maybe some are even dragged to it by their

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For the true meaning of this please refer to my earlier post! The snow is here! The snow is here!! For all my friends out there (who I know are so worried for my well-being) I am safe...but only just! For my East-coast/Alaskan/Minnesotan (or anywhere that regularly gets snow) friends, yes Seattle is pathetic! We have 3in and I am hunkering down in my house till this ghastly storm blows over. I

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Sending out an S.O.S....Save Our Shoots! Snow is coming and I'm slightly going into over protective parent mode with my plants!! This winter the weather in Seattle has been mild to say the least. By this time last year we had already had a number of days in the negatives plus measurable snow fall, maybe even a few snow days at school...but here we get an inch on the ground and its called the "

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Firstly a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my wonderful friends!! Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating with loved ones while bringing in the New Year!! We have been on a huge family reunion vacation to Florida and New York...wonderful times!! Now, back to blogging.... Ok so this is obviously not my garden! Unless you believe, I have a castle in my yard not to mention I can

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So you will find I am not always out in my garden...oh shock! Especially in the lovely winter months here in Seattle. Maybe if I were still in Sydney where the sun is still brave enough to shine on through the winter, but here even the sun is afraid to show its face in my usually frosty yard. What is one to do when the garden is just not calling? When the indoors are cozy and the closest I get

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My last bloom to withstand the freeze of fall. It was quite the well protected survivor...

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Its always the way, half way through raking the never-ending falling leaves in my yard, I am reminded by my nagging, practical and indecisive mind..."You should've bought that leaf blower!" You know the one you see on sale in summer when no one needs a leaf blower, its marked 80% off as its left over from last years stock. But fooie, its summer and I could think of so many more exciting ways to

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With Christmas just around the corner I find myself faced with the question...what do I want for Christmas? Besides the obvious...a clean house, perfect children and a cabinet stocked with liquor! I find myself searching aimlessly for what I really want. Ummmm? yeah not a clue! I have to say its hard to think of "wants" when money is such a rare commodity these days. Like I am sure for so many

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School is Back and so am I! I'm so looking forward to posting once again and catching up with all my favorite blogs now that the craziness of summer break has come to an end. So much has happened in my garden and around the Northwest I am bursting to share....

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Sigh..."Really! Didn't I just clean you bathroom? I don't want to scrub toilets I want to blog!" (insert bratty 3yr old tantrum here) Actually when I think about my day and the time spent, it is usually filled with brain-numbing chores that will only need to be re-done again tomorrow. Things that will be messed up or eaten, not meaningful things that I can look back on in a months time and admire

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Just when I had given up on any hope for my rather leggy and pathetic tomato plants...low and behold I have a juicy little green "Early Girl" growing quite happily on the vine! It was one of those moments where you take a quick second glance as I couldn't believe my eyes! I have to be honest, this year the weather has been dismal and just wrong on so many levels for tomatoes. I had given up weeks

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There is nothing I love more than a warm sunny day, giggling happy children, and some free time to disappear into my backyard. While I do love to wander in the garden wearing my pink and somewhat garish garden gloves and toting a well loved trowel, lately my SLR camera has been my favorite tool of choice. I am loving the view through my lens, the tinniest of discoveries can be found if you

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So much in my garden at the moment is luscious green and budding! Besides the roses and hydrangeas all other flowers are still wrapped tightly in their buds hiding, maybe from all this rain? One thing I am grateful for, is all this waiting has made me appreciate the beauty to be found in a bud, the moment before they burst open and the bloom steals the spot light.... The bud of a Star Jasmine (

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At long last the Heady Hydrangeas burst forth in all their exhilarating splendor.... May...Peeks of buds bring Spring delight  June...Anticipation of color to be? July...Explosions of blue sing summer is here!

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"Mommy Mommy you will never guess what is in our backyard!" screams of delight came pouring in from my very excited little garden helper as he raced to the backdoor. We had been out in the yard pottering most of the day, commenting on how our sweet bird friends were not coming by as often. (He is a bird Lover just like his mom and was missing the twittering's too!) Honestly I had been to busy to

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As I was typing (what was to be a Wordless Wednesday post) I realized it was also my 100th post here at Polka Dot Galoshes! Wow, what a fun adventure I am on and I am enjoying every second of it! I wanted to take this moment to dedicate this post to all my beautiful blog friends. I love your friendships and support, for all the comments and visits, advice and tips, the laughs and the sympathies

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Unruly, Crazy, rambunctious, out-of-control are just some of the words that would describe my kids...hehe! But also my over-watered, over-grown garden! Sure I love the country look, in fact I LOVE the wild and free flowing, but really I think things may be getting a little out of hand. I'm afraid I may lose a child, not to mention a plant or two behind the ever-growing mountain of weeds and

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I'll be the first to admit that I am an indecisive procrastinator, great combination hey! If there are to many choices then it can wait, its time to find something else that needs my immediate attention...ah yes, the weeds they need pulling, I'm good at that! Hence why I love to "potter" around in my garden so much! The feeling of still doing something without really doing anything, its great!

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Do you ever look at flowers and imagine something else? Call it an overactive imagination. Like fireworks exploding in loud bursts of color, celebrating the Spring that is now finally here...  Sometimes, when they think I have my back turned, I even catch a glimpse of their plant cheekiness, I swear its poking its tongue out at me....  

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Living wall art seems to be quite the rage at the moment. I would love to learn how to achieve it on a large scale. The thought of covering an unsightly fence or brick wall with juicy, vivid succulents just seems so irresistible. And what a perfect alternative for a garden when there is no yard to plant lushness. Not to mention they really are quite a show stopper. I thought for now, I will just

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Exploring Tide-pools, the oceans garden, where nature grows the weird and the wonderful. For the next week while vacationing on the Oregon coast this is my garden and my backyard playground...Pure serenity! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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The sun is shinning! Hence lack of blogging, I've been out enjoying the long lost vitamin D! Its amazing how good it feels and how productive I can be! One thing I have learnt about living in the "rainiest place on earth" is to truly make the most of the beautiful sun filled days, no sitting around on days like these, there's sun to be soaked up. How better to make the most of these gorgeous

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Sure all this rain is making for a green luscious garden, but gosh its making for one stir-crazy gardener! Seriously I'm going loopy from lack of sunshine!  After spending the first day of June jumping in puddles with my boys, seriously we were as happy as pigs in mud! I wanted to pass along a giggle and some down-right cuteness for a rainy-Seattle, Galoshes wearing kinda day.... Galoshes make

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bound·less (bound'l's) adj. Being without boundaries or limits; infinite. I'm not really sure if my lawn is invading the garden blooms or if my garden is spreading amongst the grass? Either way my perennial garden beds have been without boarders for quite sometime. Call it the lazy gardener in me, but I love the look of a free moving, cottage garden. Everything is intermingling and living

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There is nothing I enjoy more in Spring than blooming Wisteria. Now that I am back from a wonderfully relaxing ocean break with some girlfriends, I feel refreshed and delighted to get back to blogging and also to be welcomed home to this....  I apologize now for the Iphone pics ;) This is the first week of Wisteria blooms and it is definitely making for one lazy gardener. The tools are down, the

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Oops! I have to be one of the more distracted gardeners, I start one thing and finish doing something completely different.  Yesterday was no exception. I was finally out in my sun filled yard to re-fill the empty bird feeders. For days now my sweet little chickadees would come visit only to find empty feeders (well feeders they couldn't feed from, its funny how there is always 2in at the

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The under-rated, the given, the backdrop to the scene stealing blooms. Color, beauty, whimsy, pattern, shape are just some of the stunning attributes foliage can bring to a garden! I say steal the spotlight back foliage, you are striking all on your own....     

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Spring time Blooms are without a doubt one of the best treats of the year. The visuals, the fragrance, the feel...really a treat for all the senses! Sure the yard is an always evolving process and there's mostly always something growing, challenging and wowing us! But as a gardener (a nothing to fancy, type of gardener) Spring is when the truth is revealed with my gardening work from the previous

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This year is about letting go of what is perceived as a perfect yard. I am learning to embrace what is just meant to be!  Don't you just love nature in all its pure and unplanned beauty!

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Don't you just love, when you go to clean out last years hanging baskets (yes, the ones I neglected to clear out last fall...oops) only to discover a wonderful surprise! See it was a good thing I let them be...whoo hoo Procrastination pays off! (source)Last year I had two beautiful hanging baskets planted out with stunning Fuchsia "Dark Eyes" starts. A deep red and purple double bloom that was "

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So I braved the wet and the cold to take these pics today... Spring where are you hiding? The seeds I scattered and posted about on April's Hope Grows day are slowly creeping up, although I am not 100% sure as to what they are? I know the one on the right is a stock, but that cute little one in the middle I am still guessing.... From an older post, the jasmine that I thought had died still has

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Enjoy life's simple pleasures - grow food! Come to Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale and take advantage of the largest selection of organically, sustainably and locally grown vegetable plants in the Puget Sound region.  Click here to find out more....http://seattletilth.org/special_events/edibleplantsale2011 Sat./Sun., May 7 & 8, 9 a.m-3 p.m. Meridian Park Don't miss our annual food

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....With joyful bursts of cheery color!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Lately I have witnessed some beautiful flutterings and some uncommon twitterings...oh how I love my bird sightings. Which led me on a quick little bird learning venture.What was that small yellow chirper that visited my maple tree today? It turns out it was a Golden Finch...First sightings are always so exciting!  Image thanks to www.fineartamerica.comI sure do love my cheery little visitors and

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Pink is ruling in my yard this year! From bleeding hearts, tulips, wild columbines, miniature azaleas, cherry blossoms, crab-apple blossom and the heart stopper Rhododendron.Its kind of a nice change to see so much pink in my life, usually my day is a sea of little boy blue!

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Cut the ribbon, drink the champagne! My very first (of many) plant studies...whoo I'm finally starting this! I posted a few months back that I have over 100 different varieties of plants in my garden (yes overwhelming) but I need to learn about them so I can better look after them (and quit killing them!). I started by writing a list of all my plants front and back. This list contained a number

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What a wonderful celebration, a day to reflect on the earth we dig in and all that grows! This year to commemorate Earth Day, Michelle over at Sage Butterfly has started a wonderful Earth Day Meme called Earth Day Reading Project In which I was invited to participate in, what a treat! Before I share my books though, I really wanted to take a moment to reflect on the changes I have chosen to

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In the spirit of earth week, I have been looking at ways I can turn my daily waste into purposeful product! While drinking my coffee the other day, contemplating my impact on the demise of the worlds environment, I thought about what is something I throw away everyday? The answer right there in my hand...coffee! There must be over a pound of by-product weekly due to my addiction. Oh man how I go

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So who's coming to Seattle in July for the latest Garden Blogging Fling? I am seriously considering attending, but am so new to the world of garden blogging let alone a "Fling" I thought I would post here to get some opinions and feed back as to what I can expect. It sounds fun, but is it something for a novice like myself? Have you been to a previous Fling or are you thinking of going to this

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I have lost count of the number of mornings I have grabbed my coffee, peeked out the window, held my breath and hoped for a show! This year my tulips popped up in early Feb, yes that early and that long ago...gosh they have kept me on my toes. So you can imagine how exciting it was when I saw them start to bud, man it really got my hopes up for an early spring! Litrely months have gone by and

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Why a Veggie garden? For years now we have wanted to try our hand at veggie growing! We love our veg and more recently we love knowing where it comes from too, there are just so many nasties being used to grow produce these days. Also, it will be fun for the family to do together, save some mulla, a great way to teach the kids about food & gardening, not to mention doing more for sustainable

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Living social has a great offer today only.... Bellevue Nursery$30 of gardening supplies for only $15!!  Click this link to find out more and to purchase... http://livingsocial.com/deals/27946 I am crossing my fingers they have my white camellia. Cheers Julia ps. sorry to do two posts in a row about Penny Pinching, but could not let this deal pass you by!

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Here's a Penny Pinching sale I just had to share..... Every year around this time, Fuchsia's start appearing in stores. Some might say its to early and still to cool for a Fuchsia to be truly happy. Well at prices like this I think its worth a shot! April 9th, this Saturday between 9am to 4pm, Fred Meyer* has its annual Fuchsia potting sale. For $3 you get 5 Fuchsia starts and they will pot it

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My first hope was that it would stop raining long enough so I could play paparazzi with last months hope, my sad ailing, frost-bitten Jasmine. The rain has been pouring for days now and I didn't much feel like being drenched again. But on the eleventh hour, praise the gardening gods, the sun shone for a few brief minutes. The dinner will have to wait boys, mama's donning her galoshes for a romp

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While enjoying my freshly brewed "honey-made" coffee, on this typical Seattle morning, I realized I was not the only one longing to be outside in the happiness of the springtime blooms. It's as if my galoshes were gazing out, wondering when they too would return.  Persistent rain, water bogged lawn, plants waking from their slumber, so still and so lonely. Oh how I wish the rain would ease so I

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One of my favorite FAVORITE gardening pleasures is finding something salvageable and bringing life back to it! Taking something destined for the dump and making it beautiful or purposeful once again. I love the look of the "well-used" the vintage and the down right shabby. I love saying, I told you I could do something with it...oh the challenge! OK, so another favorite treat is to go treasure

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Usually the sound of a lawnmower is a hated sound, compared often to nails down a chalkboard or an annoying barking dog. I'll be honest, I cringe when a neighbor starts up his mower, the peaceful garden now soundtracked by a horrible buzz...ugh, happy feeling gone! I would much rather be out in the yard enjoying my plants while listening to the chickadees, maybe even my screaming kids (maybe),

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Everyone loves a deal and a way to save money! Unfortunately I could spend our paycheck 10 times over with all the dreams and big plans I have for my garden. Lately I have been coming across some wonderful deals and thought I would use my blog as a way to pass on some of these ideas and great finds.... Here at Polka Dot Galoshes I will (from time to time) be posting.... Budget friendly gardening

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Hi, my name is Julia and I am a....gardener! Isn't that how most addict meetings start? Gardening is my therapy, maybe even my drug of choice! But one thing is for sure, its my sanity! The escape of a quiet garden, the feeling of accomplishment, There really is no greater feeling than to have an idea and see it come to fruition, even if it is just clearing a garden bed of weeds or turning the

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OK, Love this idea! What a great way to blog a dream/idea/development for your garden. Although I am really thinking in my garden it should be called..."Hope it grows day!" I have not been very successful lately with my so called green thumb, as you will see from this months Hope! So what is Hope Grows Day? Hanni over at - Sweet Bean Gardening - blog came up with this wonderful idea.... Post a

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There is something so comforting about the tweet of a little chickadee while out weeding the flower garden. It really is one of my favorite, simple joys of gardening! My star singer! This time of year not only brings the life back to my sleeping garden beds, but also brings the birds and other wildlife out to visit once again! I have to say, the plants in my garden are only half the joy, the

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One of my favorite guilty pleasures is to take a walk around the neighborhood and drool over other peoples gardens. I am sure they must think I am such a sticky-beak, always checking out their yards. But there is just so much beautiful inspiration to be found, right on your own street. Not to mention its a great way of seeing what will work well or not so well in your own garden. http://

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Its that time of year again...  Northwest Annual Plant sales for Winter/Spring 2011! After missing so many last year and realizing "Oh, that was last weekend!" too many times. I thought I would be a little more prepared and make a list and wanted to share! I would love to add others you know of too! Next to the actual act of gardening my next favorite activity is shopping for plants. There is

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I couldn't believe today was the big day...Finally! After months of counting down and dreaming about my own garden, it was now time for the first glimpse of Spring. This show is always the first sign that garden season is fast approaching for the year...woo hoo! I could not wait to see what was install for us! It truly is my happy place! Ahhh, makes me giddy just thinking about all the joy

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The long count down and the day is finally here!! Time to be inspired and surrounded by amazing gardens and ideas! This to me is like visiting Disneyland as a kid, the silly grin will be on face the whole day and everywhere I look will give me goosebumps of excitement!! Off I go....Will update and post yummy picks when I get home later today!

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That would be ME! We had quite the dump of snow this week in the Northwest. Our yard was dusted (or should I say buried) with 5-6in! My two young boys screamed for joy, I however screamed more of a "Agh, my poor plants!" Early that morning, when the snow had finally stopped falling and after my coffee had kicked in. I threw on my snow-gear and headed out into the great-white-freeze! Really, I

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How my garden inspires me... When two loves collide, like gardening and blogging, happiness is found. When two loves like gardening and painting collide, for me its pure joy! With all the snow about and little chance to get outdoors, I decided to get the paintbrushes out instead. Bring the love of birds and my garden inside. To always have around no matter what the weather.... I love painting

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Last weekend was so beautiful and sunny! The kind of weather that makes you want to run out in your garden wearing your pj's, because you don't want to miss a second of that brilliant blue sky! It was wonderful! I had a chance to garden, pull weeds, dead-head my hydrangeas, clear some leaves and do lots of planning and dreaming! (by the way, yes I was dressed and out of my pj's for most of the

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Someone who writes a garden blog and has been accepted to have it listed with a wonderful blogging community. Check it out.... http://www.blotanical.com/index.php As you probably know, I love to blog! Well I love to garden all the more, although I must say I'm not very good, I think I kill more things than grow. But I love it all the same! This love of both gardening and blogging led me to

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The journey around the not so perfect garden begins....It really is easy, (and I guess somewhat more enjoyable) to share photos of a beautiful flowering garden. In its prime, looking perfectly put together and all lush and green during Spring.Well I have to say while I love looking at those gardens for inspiration I do get a little overwhelmed, "why doesn't mine look like that?" is usually the

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Apparently one of my many gardening talents, is the ability to grow an abundance of moss! And not just on a rock, but all through out the lawn, my garden beds, my fence, the roof and the driveway. Its also growing on the mulch in my garden beds, the exterior walls, on tree limbs and my trellis, even the patio and porch are covered in this fuzzy green nuisance this year! Seriously, I must have

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In an on going effort to always learn more about this fabulous world of garden blogging. I came across an interesting article, on what else but Northwest blogs. Just wanted to share and to post as to not forget the great sites they review. What is not to love...Blogging + Gardening = My new Passion!! Seattle Times - Pacific Northwest Garden Blogs

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Life in a garden, while beautiful is hard work, full of reward and full of error! There is so SO much I need to learn. There always seems to be some new problem! Agh, what is the powdery stuff on my evergreens? why are my evergreen jasmines losing their leaves? How do I prune my plumb tree? When is the best time to start removing the winter mulch from the beds? Can I safely transplant my

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There is just something so beautiful about these flowers. The fullness of a bloom, the stunning colors, the playfulness of the long stems. The unpredictability of what color you can get on one plant! I love them as a fresh-cut or dried arrangement. But most of all, I love them decorating my yard. All in all I have 12 Hydrangeas, ranging in all sorts of sizes, colors, shapes and health. They are

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I guess i can mark it up to "well i tried!' and caused one or two casualties along the way. But what do you do, when you don't have a clue? Do I pull it all out and start again? Do I turn it back to lawn? Do I live with this problem for another year, I'll eventually get to it, right? I honestly have no idea how to help the "sad" plants in this sad corner of my garden. The only thing coming to

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Native plants in Seattle, Washington are abundant and thriving. Due to the cool, damp temperature that characterizes the Pacific Northwest, plants are able to absorb moisture and live peacefully. Seattle is known for the amount of rainfall it gets, and the fact that it doesn't see sunshine a lot. The plants that live there are accustomed to living in majority shade and soaking up the

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Courtesy Ideas for you - 1st wedding anniversary gift ideas

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Well it...rocks!! Really there is no other place I would rather be, ok unless it's on a sunny little allotment in the French countryside, getting sloshed on Riesling and eating rich buttery food, where no one gets fat...ahh now that would be perfect! But until then, my little piece of Seattle is going to do just nicely, besides I need caffeine! I am new to gardening here in this rainy but some

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Originally submitted at Cost Plus World Market When we discovered this great-looking, hand-chiseled Vinod Trunk, we spent hours thinking outside the box to create a list of uses for this versatile accent piece. Use your imagination! It can be anything you want it to be - a coffee table, a spot for a small television, storage for books or kids&#... Large Rectangular

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What a windy night!The last of the tulips are still in bloom, the leaves are coming on full now on the maples and the lilacs are at their peek of blooming. The whistira is out and barely survived the wind last night.I have planted my hanging baskets with fushias, this year I went with Multa...Freddies had a great deal of 5 for $3, can't beat that!!I have airated the lawn, I just need to get a

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...and Spring is officially here?It felt more like spring back in Jan/Feb. Now its cold and rainy! Well I guess its good for the plants and I get to wear my cute pea-coat and boots a little longer.The flowers are blooming and the color is coming back to murky, gray Seattle. Red Tulips, Pink Azaleas, cherry blossoms and so many more beautiful bursts of color...love it!Here are some pics I snapped

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Things to do.....

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January and the garden is budding?What the....This has been one crazy winter, in December we had one of the coldest weeks on record -11 brrr! And now January we are in the 50's and the gardens are starting to come back to life!I am crossing my fingers we do not get a Feb frost or it will be goodbye flowers =( I'll be the crazy gardener out there wrapping my garden in blankets I guess...lol!Last

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Perseverance pays off! I have been tracking down 2 more Italian Cypresses for the side Garden and wouldn't you know it they are sold out every where!!! The only ones I could find are 1ft high, not nearly tall enough to grow with my 6ft ones I planted last month. After driving, calling and being frustrated by so many Lowes, I finally found the last two. Probably the last two in all of Seattle.

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Love the feel of fall!Its like Fall came with the changing of the month! September is here and bam!Misty mornings, cooler evenings, the comforter is back on the bed, layering clothes and digging out the wet weather gear has started! Oh I love this time of year in the Northwest!Especially because it means the garden is at its fullest, lushest and greenest! And I can get back out there and start

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What is that in my Garden?From a new house for Nikko built out of rocks found in the garden, to a cutie boy in a pot! My garden is no ordinary Garden! I never know what I will see....

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Box Hedge (Buxus-suffruticosa-dwarf-box)I have planted a number of these around my yard, front and back. I love the architectural, evergreen quality of these delightful little shrubs, the neatness and formal look gives even the smallest space large scale interest when planted as a hedge. I could plant these everywhere, no part of my garden is untouched! I think I will plant more under the plum

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The plumbing fix and some updates of the garden!I know its looking a little bit all over the place, but its slowly coming together!mind the orange cord on the fence, its our hook up for a fountain...a little ghetto I know!

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Developments on Grandma's Garden....Work came to a halt today as we accidentally created a new water feature in the yard...grrr! Mental Note: Always check where the water pipes are!The main water line to the irrigation was hit, which ironically was a good thing. I was going to be doing this work next week when Dave was gone, so I am glad it happened while he was here and he was the one that did

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August in my garden....The Shasta Daisies are dying and need to be deadheaded, fingers crossed for a second bloom.Hydrangeas hated the heat wave we had and are not coping, they also need to be deadheaded already, so sad! Weeds, weeds and more weeds....my main project this month.Everything is looking lush and overgrown, I need to start pruning back: Wisteria and Jasmine around the pergola.Many of

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The start of a remembrance garden for Grandma.....Roses, Shasta Daisies, Irises, Lavender, Jasmine, Ivy, mauve lilacs and purple moms are what will be the basis for this garden. Its a very pretty pale pink climbing rose that will be the back drop, surrounded by a base of dwarf box hedges. The lilac will be placed either side of the rose trellis. The ivy is in a pot training its way up an wooden

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Small Garden PlansShared via AddThis

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My Yards FALL to do list....Relocate Hydrangea in the back left corner of the yard, only 3ft across to where the ugly plant used to be.Move the azzela out the front under the sick cherry tree to the corner spot in that garden.Fertilize treesCut and shape ever green hedges front and backPlant Plant PlantRelocate green plant in small front bed to back garden, plant row of dwarf box hedgesCut back

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Pacific Northwest Lawn-Care CalendarShared via AddThis

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Community Gardening....I so want to join one, but there is nothing near by!http://www.communitygarden.org/index.phpRenton needs one, how fun to get down and dirty with your neighbors!

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My poor Cherry Tree!Today I noticed my Cherry Tree out front is not doing so well =(Its leaves are wilted, the fruit is not growing and the branches are just looking bare. Where are the beautiful juicy green leaves and the fruit. warning warning! I need to do something and now.I love this tree, it frames the house and provides a wonderful balance to the front of the property.So I cut a branch off

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Welcome back rain...After what seems like the longest sunny stretch of weather I think Seattle has ever seen, we are now being drizzled in rain! While we are excited for the sunshine and the chance to be outdoors, the rain is always a welcome sound, not only for our gardens but I think Seattelites really do miss it!The lawns in our area are drying up and blowing away! I've never seen our

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My favorite place....Is right here in my garden. Its my little oasis! Whether it is just me and my plants, kids playing and laughing under the sprinkler or sitting back and relaxing with my friends...its a wonderful place to be!This blog is here to remember all the fun happenings, the special moments and the day to day experiences I have here in my beautiful, intimate northwest garden.I am hoping

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