Flowers and Weeds

Please visit me in my garden, among the flowers and weeds, as I carve out a little patch of heaven in this rainy Pacific Northwest. I hope to share with you some of the joys, the triumphs, the techniques I learn along the way, and maybe some favourite garden recipes and art projects, too.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Japanese Plum Harvest

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Considering we bought our Japanese plum  (Methley) tree only three years ago , it provided a good harvest this year.  Yesterday, I noticed t...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Japanese Plum

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We bought a Japanese Plum tree only a couple of years ago, and it is doing very well.  This time, we dug an extra large hole to plant into. ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Frog for My Garden

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We went camping in Osoyoos BC (a few hundred miles from here, the home of Canada's only desert ) on the weekend.  One of my friends cau...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Banana Tree Devastation

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This picture will look odd, it is taken from above, and shows 4 young banana shoots / trees, savagely chewed / broken off near the soil leve...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, BC

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My absence of posts from my garden are in no way reflective of lack of activity there, since I've been spending a lot of time weeding an...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Hey You!

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Oh, hello there!  What are you doing there, on the edge of a commercial parking lot? Who me?  Just hanging out, lookin' pretty!
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Liriodendron Tree

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I walked to the nearby playground with my kids this evening, and while I was sitting on one of the playground rides / structures, I noticed ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Maple Bonsai

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A few years ago I spent some time looking at photos of bonsai trees, and being quite inspired.  I think at that time I had already noticed a...
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Friday, May 16, 2014

Fairies Make Way for the Dragon

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There will soon be a new dragon in the garden, and the fairies have graciously agreed to the removal of their long-abandoned home, to make r...
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Monday, March 03, 2014

The Furry News Coverage Continues

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There were a few other papers which had photos of the VancouFur furry convention, but Ande didn't appear in them.  But we were both feat...
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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Ande is Famous Already!

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There was a photographer from the Vancouver Sun at the furry convention today, so "Ande" was in one of the photos in the online ne...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ande's Debut

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I had the pleasure of finally meeting Ande tonight, he made his debut at Vancoufur.  He has been long anticipated.  Much time and love has g...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Winter's Last Stand

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We have actually had a very mild and manageable winter in Vancouver this year.  I think there was only once it snowed enough to shovel the d...
Friday, December 20, 2013

It's Definitely Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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This is our second round of snow here (Vancouver, BC), and this time it is really coming down.  The back yard is already blanketed, and ther...
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