My entry into the New Yorker Cartoon caption contest….
Archive for June, 2008
Not about gardening…
Posted in Humor, tagged Humor on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More bad weather…
Posted in Climate, Extreme, Weather, tagged extreme, Weather on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…chance of 2 inches of rain per hour during the night.
Alternative Lawn
Posted in alternative lawn, tagged alternative lawn, creeping thyme on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…having a purple lawn in late June/July is a novelty…
Weeds I know and hate
Posted in alternative lawn, tagged alternative lawn, clover, thyme on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t use broadleaf herbicides, even though the conventional wisdom is that physical removal isn’t recommended.
2 feet of snow!?!
Posted in Extreme, tagged extreme, Weather on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2 feet of snow in the mountain passes.
Weeding by the moon signs
Posted in Famer's Almanac, tagged farmer's almanac on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“findings indicated that till soiling (which brings buried weed seeds to the surface) in complete darkness, such as that under a new moon, hinders the germination of certain weed seeds”
At least I’m not watering my weeds
Posted in Weather, tagged weather; neighbors on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…the water followed my gravel walkway, dumped gravel into my creeping thyme lawn and flooded the small clearing under my fir trees.
55 degrees and Raining
Posted in Climate, Weather, tagged destinations, thyme, Weather on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Weather forecast for the Greater Seattle area: 55 degrees and raining. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction or Why Would I Write for Twelve Months of Blooms and Fragrance
Posted in General, Notes, tagged favorite gardens, intro on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure you are curious about what I have to say that fresh and lively in the world of blogging. I’ve always wanted a ‘dream garden’. For years I’ve enjoyed the Witt Winter Garden at the Washington Parks Arboretum and in particular the Chinese Witchhazel. Someday, I wanted to have a few of my own [...]
Welcome to Twelve Months of Blooms and Fragrance
Posted in Notes, tagged General, intro on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…posts about gardening in the Pacific Northwest, endless weeding, resisting the urge to add too many plants, planting by the moon and other related notes…
