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11 May 2008Happy Mothers Day...some flowers for you!! 1Cloudy 6°C / 42°F
Do the rest of the countries around the world celebrate Mothers Day today? I remember when we were in China they had their own day of recognition for Moms but not in May.
Yesterday my friends and I went to the grand opening day of our local Beaverton Farmer’s Market to see all our special ...
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08 May 2008Weather Whiplash.....but the garden is ignoring Mom Nature 6 7Overcast 10°C / 50°F
I am getting weather whiplash!!! Anyone in the Portland OR area can relate to me on this. One day the sun is out and lovely warm and garden friendly….the next 5 days go down to almost freezing at night and rain or overcast. This cycle has repeated itself over and over the past 2 months ...
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07 May 2008Working my way towards the back of the lot today 1 1 The Zen gardenOvercast 11°C / 51°F
I have been cleaning up the beds everywhere else but neglecting my Zen garden that I created last year. Today and yesterday I worked my bum off and got things back in shape and ready to plug in some annuals and maybe a few more perennials.
I also have a new visitor to my garden this year. The p...
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04 May 2008Sown NASTURTIUM Sown and Art Showcase garden
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03 May 2008A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT THE NURSERY 3 Entry Room gardenCloudy 11°C / 51°F
Well I had intended to garden all day today but the rain returned to drown out the fun. Oh well, the plants are happy I suppose.
Early this morning however I went out to the Farmer’s market to look at what was new and beautiful ….then over to Fred Meyers garden center . OMG.. Freddie...
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03 May 2008FINALLY A NON RAINY DAY TO WORK OUTSIDE 1 3 Entry Room gardenSunny 18°C / 65°F
It was almost 70 today in PDX and I was outside the minute the sun came up with my coffee and my 2 chows…my little garden helpers!!
Got a lot accomplished including sorting a lot of old pots to be recycled as well as potting up my nasturtium seeds. I like to use 2 gallon black pots for th...
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01 May 2008GRAFFITI GARDEN GOSSIP..HAPPY MAY DAY 2Overcast 6°C / 42°F
I love May!! It’s my birth month and this year will be my 50th gardening season so I’m trying to see it as how much I have grown both in spirt , plants and of course years…rather than seeing 50 as a terrible thing. The photo you see of the little girl is me…45 years ago i...
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01 May 2008Sown 1 Papaver /poppy Sown and Art Showcase garden
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30 Apr 2008My first day at Folia 3 9 Entry Room gardenSunny 4°C / 39°F
Hello all…wow what a wonderful site. I found Folia via a Flickr group I’m on and am so excited!! This is such a perfect venue for gardeners to find one another. Will update soon.
For now here are a few images from my garden today.
Hugs
Sandra
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23 Jul 2007Planting Out Lilium "Cecil" Planting Out
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