From the yearly archives:

2010

19 years and counting — in Winthrop

22 July 2010

Last week­end J and I spend a few days “away” in Winthrop WA. It was a nice chance to relax and spend some down time with each other.
Fri­day after­noon was hot and dry when we left Seat­tle. The long route through the moun­tains (up to Hwy 20.)
The canyon below Dia­blo dam was com­pletely dry.
Sign van­dal­ism is a […]

Tagged as: norton commando, roadtrip, winthrop wa

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Still Raining (damn it)

31 May 2010

Yup, it’s still rain­ing. Three bloody weeks of the driz­zle falling down my neck.
I took advan­tage of a half hour break last week­end and went for a lit­tle ram­ble about the place. Here are some pics.
The red­bud is finally bloom­ing and has a few ten­der look­ing leaves. (And some of these shots are silly and arty.)
There are a […]

Tagged as: cilantro, deer trail, honeysuckle, hot tub, iris, lilac, redbud, vine maple

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Another nice Saturday in May

15 May 2010

Tagged as: maple, peonies

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The optimism of a nice weekend in May.

8 May 2010

It is the first nice wek­end in May and like all Seat­tlites I am doing all sorts of get­ting ready for sum­mer things out­side.
We have an entire week of Sunny days for­cast so it’s time to start hav­ing tea on the porch in the morn­ing. I’m still pleased with the new cush­ions I made last […]

Tagged as: BBQ, laundry, porch, sunshine

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Gardening Report — March 14

16 March 2010

Last week­end the front bed with the cedars in it got new shrubs.
Con­tin­u­ing the theme of happy flow­er­ing shrubs and brood­ing conifers that we started with the cedars and the (now gone) bud­dleias we’ve added more happy and more brooding.

the weep­ing cedar bed got shrubs

Start­ing with the happy, a flow­er­ing cur­rant. I’ve seen this […]

Tagged as: Chaenomeles, Chamaecyparis, cornus, currant, dogwood, juniper, juniperus, quince, ribes, taxus, thuja, whipcord, yew

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Gardening at the End of February

1 March 2010

It was a busy gar­den week­end here at Black Dog Farm. We started with a trip to Mol­baks to take advan­tage of their 30% off bare-root and b&b trees and shrubs.
We started with some­thing to go in front of the three cedars. The early white blooms of this mag­no­lia shrub will lighten up the dark […]

Tagged as: hellebore, iris, lenten rose, magnolia, mint, peony, redbud, reticulated iris, spirea, tulips

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First Garden Report

25 February 2010

Last fall we dug up and divided a lot of over­grown plants. Among them a patch of iris so thick that it took a tree saw to hack it apart.
All eight sec­tions have begun to grown nicely. I’m not sure how much bloom we’ll get this year. They’re going to look great at the back of […]

Tagged as: garden, irises

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