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Storm Casualties

Nikole — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:34:12 +0000

With the rains came heavy winds, and with heavy winds came damage to some tender plants. The tall/skinny things seem to take the worst of it — the iris and the pea shoots. I had to go out there yesterday and clean up the damaged parts because in a garden, damage invites diseases and pests.

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The Variety of Iris

Nikole — Thu, 20 May 2010 08:44:01 +0000

We actually have four colors of Iris this year that I did not see last year. The things that come up here continue to amaze me! Some people might find the randomness to be annoying, as we didn’t plant any of this stuff so we don’t really know what is going to come up. I just find it to be a fantastic adventure.

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And So It Begins Again …

Nikole — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:33:05 +0000

Spring has sprung on me quite early this year. I had all this work to do outside, not to mention this website was supposed to get a winter overhaul … oops. I was getting a bit behind on posting while I was waiting to redo it, so I decided to just start writing and redo later on. I guess what I am saying here is that I will be updating again, but you can expect that the site will get an overhaul in the next month and look much prettier after that. Programming note over, now on for the garden tour!

I was surprised to see the crocus coming up in January. It felt early to me, so I had to go back to my Flickr account and see when it was coming up last year … and sure enough, the timing is about a month early. Same with the Iris, the Daylillies, and whatever other bulbs I have hanging around in this yard.

Emerging Crocus:

Bearded Iris sneaking up through the leaves:

Buds on a tree that I have still not identified:

Forsythia starting to bud (I finally identified this one this year, after seeing the blooms for the first time since we moved here!), with some blackberries sneaking up in the background:

Apparently this is what a pair of garden shoes looks like when you "overwinter" them in the yard:

The "evergreen" blueberry bush, starting to bud again:

I’m not sure how evergreen it could be considered, as it held on to maybe a handful of red leaves all winter, but it’s pretty nonetheless.

Daylillies peeking up:

The weather is just beautiful here in Eugene, but spring has definitely caught me by surprise and there is so very, very much to do!!

The first step: Bask in the coming of spring. Second step: Assess and make the spring plan!

Surprises in Bloom

Nikole — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:24:27 +0000

The Bearded Iris plants running rampant all over my front yard continue to come up in new colors. Here are the most recent pictures. Enjoy!

The Spring Bulb Update

Nikole — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:08:42 +0000

I took a walk through my front yard today to look at the spring bulbs and admire all the changes going on. My original blooming Iris, a blue and yellow variety (possibly Dutch or Siberian), have now faded back and new Bearded Iris varieties, one yellow and one purple, are just starting to bloom.

The Grape Hyacinths have faded as well, and the little purple bulbs have been replaced by a strange green seed pod.