Snow in the Forecast

I keep looking out my back window and thinking that soon it will be the perfect time for initial yard clean up. Once the leaves are down I can see what’s really out there. The weeds that like to hide under the currants and dogwood are easy to spot now.  I like doing my major planning for pruning and [...]

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Spring Cleanup

It has been a tough winter for getting out and working in the yard. Last snow was again on April 15th. Friends gardens have definitely suffered. Fortunately the worst damage was to a lone mahonia in the back yard. ‘Charity’ lost the bulk of it’s branches and sort of looks like a clipped poodle at [...]

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Preen is your friend

My wild and crazy garden is in need of some serious work. I’ve been making progress, but sad to say there are way more weeds blooming than I would like.
This calls for serious action. My strategy is to scope out an area, quickly pull up all the weeds at least waist high and get them [...]

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Back to posting…

My garden, as one friend nicely put it, has run wild.

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Introduction or Why Would I Write for Twelve Months of Blooms and Fragrance

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 [...]

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Welcome to Twelve Months of Blooms and Fragrance

…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…

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