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— …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
Thirty-four garden enthusiasts visited our Green PLANeT Gardens on June 17–four more than those that came on May 27! This time around they saw roses, our wonderful blue hydrangea and the early daylilies. We enjoyed sharing our garden with The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon members and our friends and neighbors. I don’t know the …
We held our first Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (HPSO) Open Garden Tour on Saturday, and of course, I was so busy that I forgot to take pictures! But we had 30 visitors and they seemed to like our garden in progress. We will open the gardens again on June 17 and hopefully, I will …
The garden is changing so fast it is hard to keep up with everything! I was so focused on the Rhodies a few days ago that I overlooked the sweet smelling and beautiful old wisteria that grows along the trellis next to our shop. Overnight all of our Virburnum surrounding the lawn area popped out …
Read more “May 21, 2023-First peonies, roses, iris and more”
On Friday we visited Simnitt Nursery, LLC, a wholesale rhododendron nursery, in nearby Canby, Oregon. Their inventory was marked down to $10 a plant! We were among the first to arrive at 8:45 am, and ended up coming home with 19 new rhodies to add to our garden. Purple Silver Edge grows to 6 feet. …
This week, the rhododendrons began to blossom– first the creamy-pink colored one by our shop… and later in the week, a beautiful red one near our blueberry cage. We expect to see more rhododendron blooms in the coming weeks. Lush orange and salmon/white azaleas perk up the view out of our dining room. And the …