November 25, 2024—Late Fall in the Green PLANeT Gardens
Most of our perennials have stopped blossoming (except for this one white echinacea) but the grasses lend color and texture to our winter garden.
October 28, 2024 —Autum in Full Swing
Fall has definitely arrived with the trees in full color. It’s even better in the surrounding communities! Ginko on the left, quaking Aspen (soon to be removed because it sends up too many suckers and is crowding out the GInko), and three Norwegian Maples (both the yellow and red). The Japanese maples are beginning to …
September 15, 2024 —Autumn is Upon Us
We planted a number of beautiful hydrangeas donated by Bloomin’ Easy. This white one is called a Candelabra Hydrangea. It starts out light green and ends up white. And the pink sedum adds great fall color to the iris bed outside of our utility room.
August 11, 2024 —Summer in our garden
The yarrow starts from Proven Winners have taken off in front of our veggie garden. The 10 raised beds and 20+ grow trays are surrounded by deer fencing. This year I am growing tomatoes (Roma, Black Krim, and orange cherry tomatoes), cucumbers, zucchini, regular and Asian eggplant, potatoes, artichoke, bush green beans, snow peas, raspberries, …
June 25, 2024 Open Gardens a Success
28 visitors from local garden clubs and local gardens toured The Green PLANeT Gardens on Saturday, June 22 as part of the Hardy Plant Society’s Open Garden program. Gordon walked them through the garden, describing not only the plants but what our vision is for the future of the Green PLANeT Gardens. Anna Mason, Nanne …
May 17, 2024 —Now THIS is Spring in Oregon!
I planted Roma, Black Krim and yellow cherry tomatoes, artichokes, snap peas, regular eggplant and Thai eggplant, potatoes, yellow and red peppers, small cucumbers and grey zucchini, carrots, parsnips, radishes and beets this past week in the veggie garden. The red and yellow raspberries are going strong. And as always— when the sky is clear— …
March 28, 2024—Inklings of Spring
Daffodils are among the first flowers of spring here in West Linn. These are by our front entry The line of yellow daffodils marches on our property along Petes Mountain Road. The Star Magnolia was the first of our shrubs to come into bloom, along with yellow spirea. A few days of warm weather (70 …
December 31, 2023-Winter in the Garden
As the days grew longer and colder, our garden experienced frosty, foggy mornings. With few colorful blossoms drawing attention, we enjoyed observing the structural beauty of our trees and grasses during the winter season. Frost on the roof of our shop and grasses encased in frost. One of the items on our to-do list was …
October 11, 2023–Fall at The Green PLANeT Gardens
The rains have arrived, as has cooler weather. The vegetable garden beds have been prepped for the winter after a bountiful harvest. This year we brought in 165.45 pounds of tomatoes, 44.59 pounds of zuccini, 43.75 pounds of cucumbers, 44.86 pounds of red and yellow peppers, 13.5 pounds of potatoes, 7 pounds of raspberries and …
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July 24, 2023–Summer in the Gardens
Summer is in full swing at The Green PLANeT Gardens. We’ve been busy fixing irrigation leaks, pruning our Japanese maples, expanding the front garden in preparation for the planting of a Terra Nova trial garden, and harvesting blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and summer produce from our raised beds. Pruning the Japanese Maples Richardo Chaconas artfully transformed …