Matt went out and watered the garden today, while I was at a horse show! Thanks Matt :)
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday watering
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Plant profile: Coreopsis
Cheap'n'cheerful is the category usually assigned to Coreopsis, readily available at Home Despot and the like for a couple bucks per pint-sized plant. And of course they usually only have the double golden-yellow variety, and none of the cool burgundy-marked, pink or orangey ones. Oh well.But what a...
Early morning watering
Dragging the heavy (albeit shiny and new) hose reel around is work! It's worse than hauling your luggage through three plane changes, because luggage is rarely wet and muddy. Lucky for me, Matt is out hauling the hose reel around and watering right now. And Arum and Leanne also watered the Mariposa...
Pet profile: Bentley
This is the first in a new series: pets who visit Pennsylvania Garden! Bentley is a regular, along with his owner, Emily.Name/Nickname: Bentley; Bee, Little Bear, Muffin, Fluffers and Big RedBreed: Cocker SpanielAge: 11Owner: Emily and RyanLoves: Ice cubes, any edible item found on the ground, and of...
Hard at work - elsewhere!
This weekend Matt and I were hard at work - on our own patio! We did water the garden on Saturday morning, and Emily and I attended the Rebuild Potrero Garden Focus Group, but aside from that little got done in the garden. How unusual!I did snap a pic this morning showing the Cortaderia selloana "Silver...
Demolition derby
Yesterday Matt and I went t the garden and found Emily and Ryan there, with their pup Bentley! Emily was trimming the Dahlias, and planting sweet pea seeds for the sale, and Ryan was disparaging the weeds.Matt set to work rearranging the storage area, throwing out lots of trash and tidying the plant...
Vandalism
Today Matt and I went to the garden to potter about a bit before other things we have to do today, and discovered we had a visitor in the garden last night. Someone came and dumped all of Emily's 24 four inch pots of sweet pea seeds she set up yesterday, and a pot of daffodil bulbs. They also knocked...
Operation: rescue
Yesterday afternoon I went back to the garden after calming down... Matt had been hard at work there propagating plants and I wanted to do something productive so I'd have something good to look back on on Monday morning.And... I found the Yucca "Garland's Gold"! It had been thrown in the back...
Fried plants
The last couple of days in San Francisco have been HOT - Juana said it was 101 degrees near the garden yesterday! I met Katie there at lunchtime to talk about plants for the Indiana Street Garden and we just about died. Frequent rests on the shady bench are key. If only there was an iced tea dispenser...
Plant profile: Cortaderia
Popular in the 1970s as garden features, a fat clump of C. Selloana in particular, commonly known as Pampas Grass, was planted like a giant, fluffy island in the middle of many a lawn at that time, spreading via seeds to other neighbors and creating ill will in many a community. They're experiencing...
Boarded up
Today, with lots to do today Matt and I only managed a couple hours work in the garden. We decided to get rid of the pile of redwood planks on the lower path, and moved them down to the Mariposa Center Garden.We weeded the entire area, and placed the planks along the back edge, up against the fence,...
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August 2010
August in the gardens is Phlox, Agastache, Golden Glow, Gloriosas, Coneflowers, Cosmos, Cleome, Dahlias, Zinnias......and so much more! Wonderful color everywhere! Now that the daylilies are finished in the Lily Garden, that large clump of Agastache foeniculum/Anise Hyssop is the main attraction....
