Hey, neighbors, eat this!
I love this. 😉
Delphinium Destruction
Ok, so now I remember why I gave up on delphinium… Despite planting my one delphinium plant in a clay pot with copper tape around its rim and no foliage from other plants touching it, the %#&*^# snails built a BRIDGE and started chomping away! They sauntered up a nearby plant, waited for their fat little bellies to weigh down the branch (i.e. the drawbridge) and entered the doors to the Delphinium Buffet.
AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Drama By Design Article in Seattle Times
Drama by design by Valerie Easton (appeared in the Seattle Times)
This is exactly how I’ve been feeling about my garden– nice, but where’s the drama? I used inexpensive spray paint to add some drama. See some other ways in this article and in the referenced book, Shocking Beauty.
Some good plant deals around town
- 6-pack perennials at Capital (Sunrise)
- 1/2 flats of pansies at Costco (only $7.99)
- Costco bulbs (couldn’t find a price, but they have some really pretty varieties in bags of 50+. If it’s Costco, it’s usually a good deal).
- Fall trees: P.O.W. Nursery
Garrison Keillor on canning vegetables
This canned American life
What ever happened to good old-fashioned, get-your-hands-dirty work?
– – – – – – – – – – – -By Garrison Keillor
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