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11 Jan 2009Sown Daffodil 'Minnow' Sown and Houseplant gardenA tazetta daffodil purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Planted in a bright green enameled pail.
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11 Jan 2009Sown Daffodil 'Hawera' Sown and Houseplant gardenA triandrus daffodil purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
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11 Jan 2009Sown Hyacinth 'King of the Blues' Sown and Houseplant gardenA deep blue-purple hyacinth purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
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11 Jan 2009Sown Hyacinth 'Amethyst' Sown and Houseplant gardenA purple hyacinth purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
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11 Jan 2009Sown Daffodil 'Texas' Sown and Houseplant garden
Double daffodil. Purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. This is the first of two sets of these bulbs. They are planted in a powder blue enameled tub.
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11 Jan 2009Sown Tulip 'Orange Emperor' Sown and Houseplant gardenBulbs purchased at the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Planted in a red galvanized tub.
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06 Jan 2009Jan. 5, 2009: Accomplishments, amusements, and musings 2 1The quest to get my garden groove on continues. The American Dahlia Society bulletin and classification handbook arrived today. I joined the ADS for the first time this past year to see what it was all about, and although the classification and judging areas don’t hold as much interest for ...Cloudy 7°C / 44°F
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30 Dec 2008Transplanted Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Transplanted and Houseplant gardenThis amaryllis bulb was part of a gift kit labeled by Smith & Hawken. It came in an attractive planter. It had already formed a flowering stalk.
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27 Dec 2008Obligatory Catch-Up Post 3 4Rainy 6°C / 42°F
I’m hoping that writing things down here will help get me in the mood for the coming gardening season. I’m not feeling particularly enthused about it yet, which is abnormal. Then again, 2008 was pretty dismal. Spring came late, winter came early (I’m calculating about 130 days f...
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12 Oct 2008First frost - nineteeen days earlier than averageSunny 8°C / 46°F

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