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Sailing Away with the Bonney Lassie Part 1 of 6: The Garden of Jonathan Mose
My pal Alison of Bonney Lassie, Tom, and I hitched a ride on a Washington State ferry just like the ones on  "Grey's Anatomy" to Vashon Island to attend our first group of Northwest Perennial Alliance...
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Hey Look, Something's Going On There; Vashon Farmers' Market
So, Alison and I drove through town on our tour of gardens, saw the Vashon Farmers' Market and decided to stop and check it out.  I'm easily distracted by anything that looks like it might be fun and...
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Vashon Island Part 3; Visiting Kathy's Corner Nursery
Vashon Island is one of my favorite places to visit and luckily, it's not far from where I live. Today, Alison and I continue our day on the island with a visit to Kathy's Corner Nursery. You may...
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Wordless Wednesday a Couple of Days Late and With Some Words
A relaxing moment brought to you by Dig Nursery on Vashon Island about which I'll share more soon. If you're chomping at the bit to hear more about DIG! Check out their site here, Danger Garden's...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day June 2013
 Some of what's blooming in my garden this bloom day. Eccremocarpus scaber  Leucanthemum superbum A.K.A. Shasta DaisyClematis ‘Evijohill’ Josephine Phygelius or Cape Fuchsia Romneya coulteri / Matilija...
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Foliage Follow Up, Random As Usual.
Here is some of the foliage that I noticed recently. Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue' got babied inside during the winter;  now we'll see if it can make it in the ground. The red table is sort of like...
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DIG! Meanwhile back on Vashon Island...
 You may recall last week when Alison Bonny Lassie and I set out on a Vashon Island Adventure. Today, we'll continue the fun with a visit one of my favorite nurseries, (aren't they all?) DIG Floral...
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The Vashon Island Northwest Perennial Alliance Garden Tour Part Four: The...
Much has been written about Froggsong, the garden of Cindy and Steve Stockett. For more articles about the garden you can visit Fine Gardening, The Seattle Times, Country Living, Sunset Magazine, and...
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Solanum Quitoense, My Favorite Plant This Week
Loree at Danger Garden has been posting weekly for a while about her favorite plant and has invited other bloggers to join in this meme. Today the plant that is thrilling me and my non gardening...
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Vashon Island NPA Garden Tour part Five: The Garden of Mary and Whit Carhart
Alison's car has a built in GPS which is fabulous for garden tours. Since heretofore, most of my driving has been from home to work and other familiar places, I've not thought much about such a...
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Vashon Island Northwest Perennial Alliance Tour Part 6: The Garden of Anita...
The NPA Open Gardens book called this tour "A Veritable Variety: The Vashon Gardens Tour" and whoever selected these gardens did a terrific job in choosing gardens which were each  so different from...
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So, The Other Day...
We were driving home from something,  and passed a parking strip full of plants including some still in their nursery pots. I exclaimed with some joy, "There's a plant addict!" and made a mental note...
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Tropaeolum speciosum, My favorite plant in the garden..this week.
I'm joining blog pal Loree of Danger Garden in posting my favorite plant this week. If you've been reading my blog since I began, you may remember this saga spanning over twenty years  of plant...
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Has it been a year already?
It was a year ago today that I first hit the orange publish button on blogger and began my journey as a blogger. I'd read a lot of blogs and even commented on some but didn't think I'd have much to...
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Char's Garden: A quick walk by.
Char's garden is one that I pass by several times a week but seldom have time to stop. Last September, I walked by with my camera and was glad that I did. You can read that post here. Following are...
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The Garden of Terri Dufault
Another Northwest Perennial Alliance Open Garden Saturday found the Lassie and the Outlaw poking around the Gig Harbor area and having an enjoyable day of garden touring. Today, we'll look at Terri...
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Hot and Cool
We're back out on the street in the hood today. Here's a house, painted a rather cool green color hot colored flowers all around it. Got distracted by the gorgeous California poppies abuzz with bumble...
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Exciting Developments in the Outlaw Garden.
O.K. so this is also a my favorite plant this week post but there were two and I don't know anything about the second plant. Anyway, for more favorite plant this week posts, check out Danger Garden...
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Visiting Raft Island Roses
On one of our Saturday adventures, Alison and I visited Raft Island Roses in Gig Harbor. If you live in the greater Tacoma area, you may be familiar with the name as these folks sell their roses at...
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