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Gardening has always been very therapeutic.  By being close to God's creation, we seem to solve a plethora of concerns digging in the dirt.  I originally started with an English garden which over the years has morphed into a combination of traditional & contemporary.   

The photos (from Spr/Sum 2006)were taken after my C. armandi,  which created a canopy shading  my stone  path, shriveled up and seemed to die.  Thankfully, it has renewed growth and seems fine, but looks unsightly hanging down in my "cover" photo.  I will add more when we are done transferring data from our old computer-could be timely!  The contemporary aspect is not evident in these photos which were taken at the beginning of the transformation.

I really enjoy spending time with my other gardening friends finding new nurseries since my children (mostly grown) and husband find no excitement in the adventure!  If you know of any great ones around, please let me know.

My favorite local nurseries are:  Wells Medina (Bellevue) and Christianson's (Mt. Vernon), one in Tacoma specializing in tropicals is fantastic as well, though I cannot remember the name. 

My favorite mail-order: Plant Delights  and Brian's Botanicals

Spring=Beginnings
  Well, almost done with spring garden clean up. I just have the weeding & sweeping of the courtyard then I can spread compost around the boxwood that edge it and I am DONE!!   I love the look of new plant growth against fresh black mulch. Las...

Suggestions Please
My sweet friend and her son are coming over in an hour. I hired him to work in the garden & get the furniture ready to stain and she wanted to come along and garden with me!!!! I have a question about what to use for cleaning outdoor wood furnitur...

Gardening Tip (This may be old news to some)
Okay, on my way out to spread some more compost, but it occurred to me others might not know about a great tip I read a few years back.  Before you go get dirty, scratch your nails over a bar of soap.  The soap keeps the dirt from embedding itself un...

Finally Learned-Thanks Bill!
Finally took the time to learn how to add photos to my blog-courtesy of Bill Mitchell's directions.  These are the glass pieces I purchased over the weekend.  They will be mounted on brass pipes of varying sizes and displayed throughout the garde...

Garden Art
What a great weekend; my oldest visited from Boise (soon to move here-June) to find a house to purchase- we looked at tons, made an offer, but she went home w/o purchasing.    She is such a joy to spend time with, I have missed her immensely, all the...