Month: August 2024

Take 5: Forgiving Perennials for Shade

Inside the ever-evolving look for highly effective crops in our troublesome local weather extremes, it’s time to try a few shade perennials that endure 12 months after 12 months in my less-than-ideal circumstances. I’ve many fir timber that suck up plenty of the encompassing water, so to reside proper right…

All The January Points

As soon as I say All the Points, I indicate the beautiful and the ugly, equal measure. One full month into 2024 and it has been a doozy, weatherwise. Proper right here at Chickadee Gardens now we have recorded over 10″ of rain, that isn’t along with precipitation from the…

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Oh, February

Oh, February, you tease me with faux spring. Then you definately definately throw miserable chilly, moist local weather, even snow showers, my means. Excessive-quality. Time to camp out inside the greenhouse, my blissful place I identify my halfway dwelling. Halfway between being inside on a winter’s day and outdoor on…

Hebe Survey 2024

Hebes. Shrubby Veronica. Irrespective of you title them, they‘re fabulous. In my maritime Pacific Northwest native climate we’re lucky to develop a lot of these invaluable evergreen shrubs. Nevertheless, sadly, not all.In my last hebe survey, which you can revisit proper right here, most of the hebes in my yard…

March

My thoughts declares that nothing is happening throughout the yard throughout the chilly, moist, dank days of March. Ah, nonetheless the thoughts can lie. After taking a pair hundred footage this weekend I see that. Buds are swelling, bees are out, birds are amassing nesting provides and it really and…

Shade Yard in Early April

Early spring is among the greatest season for the shade yard. Additionally it is the season I almost definitely lose buddies . . . don’t take it personally, people, I’m inside the yard. It’s busy go-go time for me and I apologize prematurely for vanishing and by no means returning…

April, the Gateway to Spring

The busy season is certainly proper right here! Is it ever! So no in-depth plant dive this week. Fairly, a jolly check out all points pretty (not lower than to me) inside the yard. There’s masses going down inside the yard, plus a plant sale (additional info on the end…

Duties, A Few Ferns, An Updated Veggie Yard

This put up is throughout. Apropos, as a result of the yard is, too. All of the items is exploding with life and there are so many directions I would go as far as a weblog put up. Let’s meet up with updates on a couple of small duties and…

Tons to Love

Having enjoyable with the yard is the theme for us correct now. I do know so many gardens suffered from the brutal winter we endured, nevertheless Might seems to be the balm that heals wounds and leads me to love the yard one other time. As I stroll spherical and…

Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens

Road-tripping plus mates plus vegetation makes for the right form of journey. For the bit in regards to the vegetation, make that one among Oregon’s best unbiased small nurseries, Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens in Monmouth. Whereas they do present mail order, to go to in particular person is unquestionably…

Holding My Breath

It feels common available on the market. It scares me. Certain, our springtime has been abnormally common. No premature heat waves, no scorching of tender foliage, no freak hail storms nor rain nor chilly information. Merely days of mild sunshine and temperatures largely inside the 70s with a little bit…

Blooming

In case you blink it changes. That is the tactic of the June yard; it comes at us fast and floriferous. Whereas out frantically taking photographs for this week’s submit, I in truth didn’t know what the subject could be. Sometimes events these things type themselves out, nonetheless, and by…

Heat Wave Report

One different heat wave bought right here and went. So how did we do? Inspecting the yard I might say we fared successfully. Presumably we have drought-adapted gardening down, then as soon as extra presumably my confidence is misplaced and we’re in unchartered territory. I actually really feel the latter…