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, April 10, 2016

Long Awaited Blooming of the Dove Tree (Davidii Involucrata)

›
I love how my garden surprises me.  Almost every time I go into the yard, I make a new discovery.  This morning was no exception.  My belove...
Monday, September 07, 2015

Fall Cleanup

›
I've been spending a lot of time in the garden recently, doing some major Fall cleanup.  The weather has been wonderful.  Relatively cle...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Convergence of Passions

›
It's great when one's passions complement each other.  Like my current obsessions with creating pottery and gardening.  There is no...
1 comment:
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

End of My Mole Problem (Beware : Graphic Photos)

›
I mostly live by the motto "live and let live".  So I have mostly tolerated the mounds of soil pushed up by the moles around my ya...
2 comments:
Saturday, July 04, 2015

Another Big Haul of Plums - Second Part of Harvest

›
I thought that since we picked two days ago our first big batch of Japanese plums , that it may be harder to find as many ripe today.  But t...

Lavender and Echinops Dried Flower Harvest

›
After our big harvest of Japanese plums, it was a nice and fragrant treat to harvest the long stemmed lavender, Lavendula grosso.  Although ...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

Big Haul of Japanese Plums - First Part of Harvest

›
One of the fruit trees which has overwhelmed me with its success is our young Methley Japanese plum tree.  Here is last year's harvest (...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Garter Snake in My Garden

›
I was ecstatic to see a small garter snake in my garden yesterday.  I couldn't have snapped a photo if I tried, since I only saw him as ...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Prettier in Pink, and More Spring Flower Photos

›
That tree peony bloom is still getting bigger and fuller and more beautiful.  Here it is today : It's not the largest tree peony bl...
1 comment:
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Pretty in Pink

›
I love this time of year, when something new is blooming every time I visit the garden.  I am fortunate to be able to view my pink tree peon...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Garden Lily
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.