New Roses from J&P

Made the “mistake” of looking through the Jackson & Perkins website. They had a striped rose I’d known about “Purple Tiger”, so into the cart one of them went. But wait, just the thing for the tropical garden, “Citrus Splash”, which looks to be a yellow/tangerine stripe. And, oh no, a collection of David Austin [...]

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Productive Day

Had a terrific consultation with garden coach Genevieve Schmidt (see her North Coast Gardening blog on the blogroll). What’s a garden coach? Read this North Coast Journal Garden column by Amy Stewart here and here.  I’ve finally reached a point where things are starting to come together and I’ve found that there are a few [...]

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More Plants in the Ground & Bird Update

We took the collie boy for a walk at Hiller Park this morning, a place we like because most of it is off-leash if you have voice control. Then we went to one of his mostest, favoritist places, Miller Farms Nursery, where he always is showered with attention and treats. His humans, however, needed to [...]

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Fun in Trinidad and….Roses!

Yesterday morning I drove up to the town of Trinidad, which is about 15 minutes away, to check out the North Coast Garden Event, 4th annual, which is a benefit for the Patrick’s Point Garden Club. Wish I could have stayed all day, but my own garden was waiting for me. In any case, there [...]

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