Primsong

Member since: Jun 09 | Years gardening: 15

I’m a dabbler in gardening, learning as I go. Influenced by memories of my grandmothers’ gardens I did what I could on a small suburban lot until about five years ago when we moved to an acre. Much of it is Douglas Firs, but I’ve enjoyed uncovering the treasures of the previous owners and planting plenty more.

Gardens

Front Flower garden

Zone 7b This is the area that most closely resembles a 'real' garden - I'm sure it was tilled at some point in the past, before it became so filled with pe...
- 27 plants
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Plum Arbor garden

Zone 7b This area is along the eastern side of our property, backing to a neighboring house that used to be a part of the same land. Shaded somewhat by fi...
- 27 plants
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Rose Corner garden

Zone 7b Plantings along the South-west corner of the property, under Doug firs. The soil here is softer than typical of this property because the neighbor...
- 5 plants
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Shady Sideyard garden

Zone 7b On the north side in the front and partly under fir trees, this area only gets a dappled sun-to-shade. Most of the groundcover is beach strawberri...
- 34 plants
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South Side garden

Zone 7b Scattered with huge Doug firs but otherwise reasonably sunny, I've been gradually adding shrubs, etc. to fill in along the border between our prope...
- 34 plants
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Squirrel garden

Zone 7b The focal point of this area on our property is the squirrel/bird feeders, hence the name. The goal here is to dress up a portion of the large Dou...
- 21 plants
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Western garden

Zone 7b Lining the Western side of the property under large Doug firs, this backs to RV/Camper parking and most plantings have been placed to eventually gi...
- 10 plants
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