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January?

 The giveaway is very few flowers. And browns, primarily from fallen leaves. Aside from that, you would be forgiven for thinking a day like today, a 50-degree sunny day in January, is actually a day in March. No complaints regarding lovely weather, but we haven't really had much of a hard frost, at least nothing significant. We've had maybe two nights at about 31 - 32 degre...


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It is true, 2025 was rough. Though my garden was not the focus of my year, it brought much solace and peace of mind in what was otherwise a traumatic time. In this spirit, I still celebrate the garden and I look forward to doing these year-in-review posts. Here is 2025 in the garden, month by month. Not necessarily the "best of" - more along the lines of a snapshot marking any s...


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A Holiday Card

 I would like to send a warm hello and thank you to all of you who make the gardening world a wonderful place. A holiday card from us to all of you, with images from the garden in winter over the years. While I do like and celebrate Christmas, I honor all the holidays this time of the year. My favorite, besides Solstice, is Festivus, of course. If you don't celebrate anythi...


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December

 We still consider December a gardening month. To be honest, I consider all months gardening months but if it's dry enough in December look for me in the garden. I prefer it to the hubbub of holiday activities. Breathing crisp air, hanging with the birdies, putzing and dreaming up new projects and sometimes moving compost, gravel, woodchips or any combination of these is pr...


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 Happy House-a-versary to us! Ten years it has been since we moved from a small Portland garden to this two-acre piece of land in Saint Helens. Every month or so I receive a Redfin real estate email with our current house value and it always includes a photo from the original 2015 listing. It reminded me of what it used to look like and as it has been a long while since I'v...


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