Oregon Tree Hugger

Trellises for vegetables and other plants can be expensive but they don’t have to be. You can use the things you find around you to make your own trellises with gardening wire.

The morning sun cast a soft light on the gardens here a the Hugger House, and I took a tour to review how everything is doing.

Making a Window Herb Planter written by me and posted at ThirftyFun.

I have Bearded Iris popping up in more colors than I have ever imagined. Come see the latest finds in my front yard!

I hadn’t really planned out the planting and care of the garden when I planned it, so when the time came … well, things got a little interesting.

As part of getting to know my new house, I like to walk around the yard at different times in the season to see what is blooming or coming up. This time, I’m exploring the many Rhododendrons current living on this property.

Take a tour of my front yard as I watch the passing of the season through the timing of different bulbs. In this edition, we look at 2 Iris varieties (one nearing the end of the blooming season and one just starting), and a Grape Hyacinth (going to seed).

House project updates: The split cedar dog run fence has been completed, and our dangerous brick step has been replaced with a nice aggregate concrete one.

We’re building a split cedar field fence to contain the dogs. This is the first post in the progress of the fence.

Of course I worry about frost. Will my tender veggies and new blossoms survive a night of cold temps? Will their growth be stunted? Will their flowers not set? Will their fruit production be reduced?