About Half



About half the garden.  Start on the patio, looking east.



Through a gate to the veggie/cutting garden

Starting to see a flower bud or two in the massive green foliage of the sweet peas
The little succulents looked somewhat soggy over the winter, but nothing rotted:

Through another gate to the entry garden: 

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Looking back towards the veggie/cutting garden:

Out on the driveway, Baby the Oak is getting bigger:

Out on the street, a look at the front slope:
That must do for now.  Must get out there and garden!

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  1. Oh, everything is looking so good! I'm with you, headed out now. :)

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    1. Isn't it wonderful to be out there? Hope you had fun in your garden!

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  2. On this dreary grey morning your post is an absolute feast for eyes looking for some colour other than brown. Feels a bit surreal seeing what your garden is doing and what mine is not. If nothing else you do learn patience being a gardener. Noticed the lovely blue tuteur in one photo. Looks great.

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    1. We here had years of brown and grey hills--now they are green for a few months, it is a delight!

      When you are having a lovely summer and we here are roasting and stuck inside while the flowers outdoors fry, it will be our turn to be patient. Best wishes for a beautiful springtime soon.

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  3. Thanks for the opportunity to tour (half) your beautiful garden this spring! My sweet peas are making progress but they've nothing on yours. As the rabbits and other critters aren't going anywhere, I think I need to consider wire fencing like yours or something similar around the raised beds in my cutting garden. The hardware cloth a commentator suggested is effective in keeping them at bay but it's often awkward to work around when dealing with plants larger than seedlings.

    Happy gardening! We're not getting that warm sun until later in the afternoon at the moment as the morning marine layer has been with us every day since the end of last week.

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    1. Anxiously hoping for massive sweet pea flowers. I adore their fragrance!

      I did the completely enclosed dog kennel for tomatoes and now the grape vine--you gotta do what you gotta do when it come to critters. The coyotes and raptors need the rodents for food. The cylinders I made can be lifted off--that works fairly well, but of course there are always trade-offs, sigh.

      A couple of days it was hot in the afternoon--well at least too hot for me, but yesterday was so beautifully mild with a cool west breeze. The best gardening weather! Happy gardening!

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  4. Woah, I don't know where to start--everything is so lush and healthy! That view looking back through the gate is beautiful and should be framed.

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    1. It's so much fun to garden when there is not a drought. Enjoying it every minute and wishing you a wonderful springtime.

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  5. I just love your house (and garden too!)

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    1. The same back at you with your incredible garden!

      I'm very, very fortunate and try to never forget it.

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  6. Awesome garden, awesome gardener.
    I'll be green with envy when the sweet pea burst into full bloom.
    I love the narrow succulent bed, it looks cheerful and happy. I've done something similar up against the base of the house to gain access when washing or painting needs happen and bigger shrubs will get in the way.
    Chavli

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    1. Awaiting that wonderful sweet pea scent everywhere.

      That narrow bed worked out wonderfully--another way that plants surprised me. (They surprise me a lot!)

      Being from a family of painting contractors, Leave Space Between House And Plant was something I grew up with--an unbreakable law--along with Never Touch Walls and Never Touch Woodwork Use Handles Always.

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  7. So much cheery color. I am basking in the virtual sun from your blog post on another cloudy Oregon day.

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    1. Yes as avid weather watcher, I see the PNW is still getting the rainstorms. Hopefully your sunshine won't be too much longer!

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