Summer journals
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Drought Distressed Snowball Bush.
About 12-15’ tall, and about 10’ wide, this snowball bush only has green and somewhat green leaves left on the ends of the branches. I have been giving it a full days watering with a soaker hose 3 to 4 times a week now for a few weeks. Is there anything else that I can do to help it...Sunny 24°C / 75°F -
fireweed Blooming, Tomato 'Anna Russian' Harvesting, nasturtium whirlybird Blooming, apricot pink rose Bloo...
15 Sep 2012
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Sunny 24°C / 75°FBusy Day getting my daughter ready to leave for college. The garden is looking dry and neglected, but there are plenty of late summer bloomers. We have had no real rain for 2 months, but the fireweed, which i dont water at all, doesn’t mind. It is 8 feet tall and still full of bees and othe...
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Kaffir Lily "Oregon Sunset" Blooming, Rose "Othello" Blooming, California Fuchia Blooming, Sunflower "Eveni...
15 Sep 2012
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Sunny 16°C / 61°FLife has been a crazy roller-coaster since end of June, and wow, it’s been hard to catch breath let alone catch any images. But today is a rare, mellow Saturday, and the sun is shining, and there are still things flowering in my garden. I decided to stop and smell the roses, literally, an...
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sunflowers, 'kong' Blooming
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2012
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Storms 33°C / 91°FOnly a few sunflower seedlings survived the ravages of the raccoons, but they’ve just finally started to bloom! Also still going strong: altheas, trumpet vine, marigolds, strawberries and roses.
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ornamental oregano Blooming, eggplant fairytale Fruiting, tomatillo purple 2011 Ripening, conehead kim's ...
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Sunny 20°C / 68°FWoke up early this morning, on a day where i am not scheduled for my early morning stair climb, and am wondering what to do with the windfall of an hour before waking up the kids. Delighted to remember an excuse to wander around the garden looking for photogenic blooms. Perfect, dry summer weath...
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new beginnings garden , Thugs gone wild garden , new beginnings garden , pampered darlings garden , spruced...
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Sunny 25°C / 77°FSome views of the garden on a friday morning, on what promises to be a splendid day. I was discussing our weather with a visitor from Ohio, and bemoaning our “50 minute summer” (number of minutes so far above 80 F) and he laughed and said "I dont think we have had that many below...
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summer, interrupted, bloom day
ghislaine de feligonde rose Blooming, I never promised you a you know what garden , old secrets garden , s...Storms 19°C / 66°FAfter our cold wet June, early July was spendid—temperature like a caress, sunny days which managed to be pleasantly warm and deliciously cool at the same time. However summer can be pretty brief around here. Thunderstorms came in on Friday, breaking a 10 day rainless streak, followed by a...
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07
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2012
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Lots of Bloomers for the 4th of July
Gladiolus 'Flevo Smile' Blooming, Gentiana dahurica - Gentian Blooming, Hemerocallis - Daylily - 'Bela Lugo...Sunny 32°C / 90°FThere were lots of new blooms on the plants this week. The gardens are beginning to reach their peak for the summer. They really look fantastic.
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15
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2012
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despite the neglect, the blooming goes on
edamame , Rose '"pink supreme"' Blooming, big hosta Blooming, and altheas BloomingStorms 30°C / 86°Fbetween a lot of travel and a lot of heatwave, not much has been done in the garden (other than making sure everything had water). a section has even been taken over by some vine climbing over from the neighbors (something weedy, they don’t garden). But the plants are chugging along! The ro...
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Fireworks for the first day of summer
new beginnings garden , allium gladiator Blooming, ghislaine de feligonde rose Blooming, allium chistophii ...Sunny 21°C / 69°FThe garden is full of sparkles and exclamation points on an absolutely splendid day. We get these days of perfection once in a while—not so often as to lose our appreciation for them. The allium shubertii is absolutely amazing, although difficult to capture due to its size—2 feet acr...
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Jacob Hellebore Blooming
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Rainy 8°C / 46°F
Trying to decide whether to do any more mulching or winterizing, and did some research at this site:
Statistically speaking, the worst of winter is over!
Average day of precipitation maximum: Nov 19
Shortest day of the year: Dec 21
Average day of minimum temperature: Dec 26, with an average high ...
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22 Dec 2011
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It's Summer Solstice Today ... And There's Lots of Lovely Colour.
Dry Tropics gardenCloudy 31°C / 88°F
Yes, today is Summer Solstice in the southern hemisphere. The sun rose at 5.30 this morning and it will set at 6.50 this evening, which means a very very long day of heat and harsh sunshine. I look forward to the summer solstice as I’m not really a sun worshipper … and certainly not...
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The Golden Shower Tree Has Bloomed With The Arrival Of The Showers.
Cassia fistula or Golden Shower Tree or Indian Laburnum Blooming and Hill gardenStorms 31°C / 88°F
Here in my north-eastern corner of Australia, almost every second yard has a Cassia fistula or Golden Shower Tree growing in it. My yard is no different. But, while every neighbour’s Cassia has been blooming for weeks now, I was starting to despair whether I’d see any blooms at all ...
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10 Oct 2011
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The First Sweet Sweet Taste of Summer....
Strawberry 'Hokowase'Sunny 30°C / 86°Fnom nom nom. First strawberry of the season! Yay. Think I could have left it another day but it was delicious! I’ll reserve my final verdict on this species for a while yet. I can smell the ocean, feel the warm rays of the sun on my back, hear the children playing and taste freshly picked s...
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Can't complain about this late summer in the Pacific Northwest
Sunset's red Horizon Tomato four star Harvesting and Black Krim Tomato four and a half star HarvestingSunny 29°C / 85°F
We have had 2 straight weeks of warm dry weather. Not only is it nice for ripening the tomatoes but it is lovely in the mountains.
