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March 19, 2017

Garden Update: Pieris, Creek Cleanout and Slugs

Things seem to be happening in the garden despite our extra cold, extra wet, extra gross weather. These plants have more fortitude than me. The sun poked its head out today though and I a quick maintenance run in the backyard creek area. I swept the creek of organic debris (literally) and pulled a few weeds. I was […]

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February 27, 2017

2017 NW Flower and Garden Show

John and I went to our first Northwest Flower and Garden Show on Saturday. I was sure we’d only be there an hour but stayed for 2+. In fact, I could have poked around for a little longer, but opted not to torture the husband who isn’t as much of a plant freak as myself. […]

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February 27, 2017

Back at it!

After a long winter hiatus I decided to start noodling on this gardening website again. It’s been an extra-cold winter in the PNW and I just can’t bring myself to go outside and gardening in freezing weather. But I’m excited to see the snowbells popping out of the grown and that’s lit a fire under my butt to […]

Lupine Seed Pods

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July 5, 2016

Lupine harvest

Even though it’s barely July, some of the lupine pods look ready for collection. I harvested some last year and made the mistake of planting them in the spring. I later discovered that you should plant them in the fall; for spring planting, pour some boiling water over the seeds to help them germinate – which I […]

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July 5, 2016

First Post!

Every year in about February I get the gardening bug. And every year at that time I pull out the increasingly fat binder that I keep all my plant tags in and think “there’s got to be a better way”. I do WordPress development by day and am always looking for personal projects to up my […]

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Hi! I'm Lorie and I wrangle plants in a muddy, feral shade garden in the Pacific Northwest. I built this site to serve as a gardening journal and quasi-accurate record of planting successes and failures. My goal is to help "future me" be a better gardener. I hope what I've learned along the way can be useful to you too. Thanks for visiting!

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