Seattle Japanese Garden
Nothing brightens a gray Northwest day like friends and a stroll through a place lush with Fall color. Connie and I joined Matt and Kelly for a visit to...
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Blooms of Spring Around the Yard
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Fall Color at Kubota Gardens
I haven't had it in me to hop back on my bike after the spill I took a few weeks ago. So today Connie and I went out for...
Major Tree Work
Living on the north side of a hill in the Pacific Northwest is, well, a dim affair. Connie and I are thankful for the lush hillside that makes up...
Arboretum Visit & Starting Plant Starts
Weekends with no plans and even fewer trips away from the house can be pretty darned relaxing, if I do say so myself. We decided, however, to venture out...
Tokeland Grass Killing: Day 1
It has begun. The arrival of a huge pile of communal wood chips has ushered in a common tune I often sing: down with grass! Since the wood chips...
Garden Fruit for Breakfast
Raspberries, blueberries, and a few white currants picked fresh this morning for breakfast. Still think you should have all that grass in your yard?...
Photos ~ DnD Session, Carrot and Blueberries from Garden
Had a great DnD session this afternoon at the Stowe's and tonight pulled my first [tiny] carrot and blueberries from the garden....
Photos ~ Flowers in the yard, Colby, mushrooms flowers inside
The blooms and flora in my front yard were looking lovely this morning! I had a little time before heading to work so snapped some pics. Colby was happy...
Photos ~ Going Grassless in My Front Yard
The lines have been drawn and in the war between me and grass -- I'm winning! Previous battles have involved the side of my house, a patch for herbs...
Photos ~ Garden Progress Update
After first making short work of removing the grass in my backyard it was finally time for the roots to hit the ground. Last weekend my goal was to...
Photos ~ Backyard Grass Removal
My quest for less and less grass in my yard took a leap forward this weekend. After some serious manual labor there now remains only a thing strip of...
Photos ~ Home-Grown Blueberries
Sunday I picked a healthy crop of blueberries from two little bushes on the side of the house. This is the first time they've produced anything worth while. I...
Photos ~ Plants Around the Yard
That's about it. So much is in bloom around the house that it's a shame not to share. What's growing in your plot?...
My Face Feels Like My Lawn (and visa versa)
Making over our front yard last October yielded a great new look that already requires less maintenance. The couple times I mowed the lawn over the cold months went...
Goodies from our garden
The last couple of weeks have yielded a bumper crop of tasty, tiny roma tomatoes from our small urban garden. Fresh off the vine they're like candy to me....
What's growing in your garden?
I wanted to share a warm, summer morning scene with you this Monday. No, it's not a sunny sunrise but a small slice of the bounty that is our...
Photos ~ First rose of the year
Most of our garden and yard is doing really well. The bamboo is again sprouting many shoots (double the number of just last year!), everything along the side of...
Hyacinth in the Evening
Sarah's hyacinths are doing wonderful in our garden this year. While out photo hunting for our resident squirrel family, I snapped the following pic of these beautiful purple flowers....
Cheery + Tomato = Well, you know
As Sarah noted the other day, we have some yummy things growing in our garden. I ate one of them today. It was a small cherry tomato that sat...