Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
St. Paddy's Garden update
We had a big weekend full of cooking, partying, gardening, lots of other ing's...I made this sentimental video just now to document it all.
(that's Kent and Judy at the end watching an Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler video...and for the discerning viewers, yes, my dad IS eating his helping of trifle with a spatula)
Gardening update: I put up the deer fence around the veggie garden because they are starting to get back on the grind and have been nibbling on my pea starts. I also planted a 6pack of bok choy...we'll see what happens. Leeks, onions, garlic and kale are looking pretty tight at this point. My new front yard "spring greens rock garden" has been planted and completed...we'll now see what happens. I'm giving it a 50/50 shot for success vs. horrible failure. Gotta be in it to win it though.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
(that's Kent and Judy at the end watching an Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler video...and for the discerning viewers, yes, my dad IS eating his helping of trifle with a spatula)
Gardening update: I put up the deer fence around the veggie garden because they are starting to get back on the grind and have been nibbling on my pea starts. I also planted a 6pack of bok choy...we'll see what happens. Leeks, onions, garlic and kale are looking pretty tight at this point. My new front yard "spring greens rock garden" has been planted and completed...we'll now see what happens. I'm giving it a 50/50 shot for success vs. horrible failure. Gotta be in it to win it though.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Corvallis Rock Garden
It's almost Spring in Corvallis. The days are getting longer, the sun a little brighter, though warmth is still not very common. Today is lovely, though!
My project for the weekend, rain or shine, is to remove the grass from another patch in the front yard and make a rock garden with some pretty aquamarine rocks I procured from Pacific Stone-something or other place on Hwy 34. I will plant lettuce and other attractive spring greens. It will be just fantastic even if no one else can see my vision right now.
I also purchased 2 columnar "snake river" stones for decoration but Colin is concerned that a kid will knock them over in their current location and we will be labeled and unsafe garden stone owners and be banished from the neighborhood. So they will be relocated...but I am excited nonetheless for the new shape our front yard is taking.
I also snapped some pics recently from around Corvallis. This town is funny...I've always known this. But running around the streets and looking more closely than i used to (garden snooping mainly) i've noticed some extra special things documented in this video:
My project for the weekend, rain or shine, is to remove the grass from another patch in the front yard and make a rock garden with some pretty aquamarine rocks I procured from Pacific Stone-something or other place on Hwy 34. I will plant lettuce and other attractive spring greens. It will be just fantastic even if no one else can see my vision right now.
I also purchased 2 columnar "snake river" stones for decoration but Colin is concerned that a kid will knock them over in their current location and we will be labeled and unsafe garden stone owners and be banished from the neighborhood. So they will be relocated...but I am excited nonetheless for the new shape our front yard is taking.
I also snapped some pics recently from around Corvallis. This town is funny...I've always known this. But running around the streets and looking more closely than i used to (garden snooping mainly) i've noticed some extra special things documented in this video:
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