Linda's Garden

Raspberries are done

2011-08-07T17:50:00.001-07:00

My geraniums from last year are blooming again.

Cucumbers, basil, and chard

Pumpkin plants.

I cleaned out the old raspberries. Ready for next year now.

Thistle.

Raspberries

2011-06-26T16:41:00.000-07:00

My honeysuckle is blooming and smells really good

The raspberries are very close to being ripe

The chickadees left the nest last week

2011-03-29T17:39:00.000-07:00

peas and crocus

2011-03-05T10:31:00.000-08:00

Crocus

2011-02-02T19:02:00.000-08:00

Sunflowers!

2010-09-24T16:39:00.000-07:00

August blooms

2010-08-15T14:31:00.000-07:00

The eucalyptus is growing past the second floor window!

My honeysuckle finally bloomed this year! The Flowers smell so pretty!

Thistle

blooming thistle

thistles

squashes aren't very big yet.

more squashes - I hope they get bigger soon.

The eucalyptus is starting to provide some shade inside too.

Summer update

2010-07-05T16:22:00.000-07:00

The Lavender is in full bloom now.

I planed some squash and zucchini in the garden today and cleared out some of the old plants from spring. I also dug up the strawberries since the take a lot of space and aren't producing any berries these days. I also thew in some arugula, kale, and spinach seeds. I don't have room for everything but you never know what will do well. The peas have pods now but they aren't fat yet. Maybe a few more days.

first raspberry!

2010-05-29T15:43:00.001-07:00

My first raspberry is ripe!

more berries to be ripe soon!

The raspberries are huge this year.

Lots of greens growing in the garden!

Iris in the rain

Lavendar is starting to show some purple

Peas are growing taller

Lavendar close up

Garden salad!

2010-04-25T20:13:00.000-07:00

Arugula, spinach, chard, green lettuce, red lettuce, cilantro, and garlic greens.

pink tulips

2010-04-03T15:20:00.000-07:00

now I have pink tulips too

and the strawberries have berries

My peas are starting to come up in the back and a few sunflowers have popped up

tulips

2010-04-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

I trimmed back the salal and honneysuckle.

ducks

2010-04-03T15:07:00.000-07:00

The ducks visited again. I think they were confused be the weird weather this week.

Tulip time

2010-03-22T20:43:00.000-07:00

Rhubarb - I think we will have Rhubarb pie this year.

Onion

Tulip with Kale and lettuce behind

More Tulips

Lilac! Finally!

More Tulips.

yard work

2010-03-14T18:38:00.000-07:00

tulips are close to blooming

Made a new box around the raspberries and filled in with bark.

New bark in the flower beds

garden boxes are all planted! I threw in some sunflowers yesterday and during the week added some radishes and peas. I have new little metal tags that say what everything is so the people walking down the street can see what I'm growing.

And I finally got the circle closed around the tree. Originally we couldn't close it because the stake holding up the tree was in the way. That was only 5 yrs ago and the tree doesn't need help any more!

garden boxes

2010-02-28T21:10:00.000-08:00

The lavendar is growing and needed trimming already!

Yellow crocus, purple crocus, and hyacinth all at once. It smells so good!

I turned over the soil in the garden boxes. Still have winter arugula.

I'm getting ready to plant some more lettuce.

White Crocus and Hyacinth!

2010-02-21T15:50:00.000-08:00

The Hyacinth are blooming!

More Crocus

2010-02-21T15:38:00.000-08:00

This is my arugula

Hyacinth

Crocus are early!

2010-02-05T19:28:00.001-08:00

hummingbird!

2010-01-10T18:47:00.000-08:00

Christmas Cactus is blooming!

2009-12-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

Mark's candied orange project

Christmas Cactus is so pretty!

Our humming bird came to our feeder after the freeze.

The ducky doesn't like the ice

The Chrismas cactus has blooms!

2009-11-29T16:18:00.001-08:00

Raspberries in November?

2009-11-23T16:57:00.001-08:00

For some reason I have ripe raspberries in November!

Here are some pictures of Snoqualmie Falls where we went for our anniversary.

carrots and rain

2009-10-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

It rained so hard there was a river going down the street today.

These are my carrots that I picked last week.

Sunflowers!

2009-09-05T18:45:00.000-07:00

flower boxes!

2009-08-27T20:36:00.000-07:00

The flowers in my garden boxes are doing really well!

Mystery Plant

2009-08-05T07:11:00.000-07:00

This is growing in my garden but I don't know what it is.

more sunflower picutres

2009-07-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

Sunflower!

2009-07-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

My first sunflower finally opened!

Mark cleaned out the dead raspberry stalks.

going to seed

2009-07-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

this is what happens when you don't pay attention to your yams...
Now it has a new home.

this is a Kale flower.

This is an endive flower.

This is my lettuce going to seed.

The sunflower in the back is banging into the house. The one at the front is close to blooming. The eucalyptus on the side of the picture is getting very tall too.

The lavender looks so pretty. :)

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-04T23:02:00.000-07:00

The lavendar is doing great!

This lavendar is blooming and it is growing in a crack in the sidewalk

Tall Sunflowers

Going to have a sunflower soon

Greenlake

Mark

My Salad from the Garden

2009-07-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

Raspberries are ripe!

2009-06-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

The peas are getting really big

The lavendar is in full bloom now!

The sunflowers are getting taller

The eucalyptus has gone from a bush to a small tree

Lettuce is still growing

more sunflowers!

We have raspberries and they are yummy! Mark just discovered some ripe ones today. I couldn't believe it.

Bees

2009-06-04T21:28:00.000-07:00

The bumble bees turned the bird nest into a bumble nest!

Everything is overgrown!

Lettuce and Beets

PEAS! My favorite. Don't tell my sister. :)

The bees will like it when all the lavendar blooms

Sunflower

Iris

2009-05-24T21:24:00.001-07:00

The peas are starting to form pods!

Peas, Strawberries, Arugula

2009-05-16T18:51:00.001-07:00

Playing Boules at Mom and Dad's

2009-05-16T18:39:00.000-07:00

Mom's bleeding heart.

I found a four-leaf clover for Mom!

We played boules in the grass.

This flower is growing through a shell!

Flower Boxes and soaker hose

2009-04-26T20:51:00.000-07:00

Bought geraniums for the flower boxes

Pink tulips are blooming now too.

soaker hose, I started a trellis for the peas too

I thinned out the raspberries.

lettuce

Geraniums in the boxes

My first tulip to open (from April 11th)

Catching up!

2009-04-26T20:45:00.000-07:00

rhubarb is the biggest I've ever had!

Radishes!

Peas!

Peas, the fence is to keep the neighbor's cat out.

Beats

Carrots

Some birds put some birdnest stuff in the house

No birds yet but it looks like they are moving in furnature.

Almost tulip time

2009-04-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

It's almost tulip time! I can't wait for all of the red tulips to open! Today when I was outside a bald eagle flew overhead. He was being chased by three crows.

I'm going to have rhubarb this year too! Maybe enough for a pie.
Spinach and lettuce are doing well.

The peas almost need something to climb up.

The radish seeds are growing!

The Obama's Garden

2009-04-03T19:18:00.001-07:00

I'm a trend setter!

The Michelle Obama started a garden at the White House!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/dining/20garden.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=obama%20vegetable%20garden&st=cse

2nd garden box

2009-03-29T20:35:00.000-07:00

I planted some petunias and then used leaves for mulch.

I trimed the lavendar back.

Spring Planting and flowers

2009-03-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

Hyacinths are growing!

Honneysuckel is doing good.

Pink flower bush coming back to life...

I did a very fast gardening session before we left for vacation. I got up at 6:30am and planted one of the boxes. It started snowing right after. I was happy to see them still alive when we returned!

Endive

Romain

Kale

Beets

Rainbow chard

Spinach

Arugula from last fall

Peas!

Raspberries

1 box down 1 to go.

Lilac bushes

Tulips on the way!

flower growing through the old lavender

Spring Flowers and Buds

2009-03-07T10:38:00.000-08:00

The weather today is terrible, snow, wind, freezing rain, hail, but the flowers don't know it. Lilac flower buds I hope

Daffodils!

Hyacinth

White and Purple Crocus

More daffodils

more crocuses

2009-03-01T17:34:00.001-08:00

Crocuses!

2009-02-21T20:52:00.000-08:00

Mark noticed the crocuses before me this year!

Christmas cactus again!

2009-02-08T19:31:00.000-08:00

Superbowl Cactus?

2009-02-01T16:46:00.000-08:00

My Christmas cactus is trying to bloom for the Superbowl! This will be the second time this year it's bloomed.
The crocuses are starting to grow. The bulbs pushed themselves above ground again.

I think these are the greens of a daffodil.

ducks come to visit!

2008-12-25T19:50:00.001-08:00

Snow!

2008-12-20T23:14:00.000-08:00

Luckily our neighbor is from the east coast and has a snow shovel! Boy we sure need one.

Christmas Cactus - in time for Christmas!

2008-12-20T23:06:00.000-08:00

View from above

2008-12-18T17:48:00.001-08:00

Greenlake!

2008-12-14T18:28:00.000-08:00

Birdies

2008-12-14T14:31:00.000-08:00

Simba is watching the birdies in the snow.

There were a bunch of them poking around near the raspberries.

Snow!

2008-12-14T09:27:00.001-08:00

For the first time this winter it snowed!

Christmas Cactus Buds

2008-12-06T23:32:00.001-08:00

I just checked last year's blog and the Christmas cactus bloomed in November! It's late this year. It's just now getting buds. Maybe it will bloom for Christmas!

Nothing much going on.

2008-11-30T16:41:00.000-08:00

Nobody in the birdhouse.

A few berries on my bush.

This is the spider by our front door. I hope he stays outside.

The marigold is still blooming.

And the alysim I planted to attract bees is still growing but no more crops left and I think the bees are hibernating.

2008-10-19T18:32:00.000-07:00

There is not much going on in the garden. I planted a bunch of ground cover seeds and then next day Mark saw a bunch of little birds feasting on the seeds. I should have covered them up better rather than just scattering the seeds.

There are some mystery plants growing in the back. Potatoes that I didn't find maybe?

The bushes in the front are overgrown already. I have to cut them back again they are starting to overtake the walk.

The raspberries are getting new vines and are expanding themselves beyond the original row.
The lilac bush has buds, I hope these are flower buds for next year.

The Sumac is starting to turn for fall.

Two Sunflowers!

2008-09-21T20:16:00.001-07:00

I have two sunflowers now!

And two 5-leaf clovers growing in my flower box!

Sunflower!

2008-09-04T18:59:00.000-07:00

Almost Sunflower

2008-09-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

There are three trees growing by the side of the house even though I've pulled up several they keep growing. Two firs and one maple?

The sunflower is almost open...so close

Seeds

2008-08-24T17:05:00.001-07:00

I started a seed experiment on Friday. I put two seeds from every package into a bag to see if they would sprout. I have 40 packets so this way I can throw out any that aren't good anymore. It's only been two days and some have already sprouted!

I also threw some ground cover seeds in the garden on friday.

Tall Sunflowers

2008-08-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

The sunflowers are getting really tall! Simba had to watch from the deck. He'd rather be in the garden.
Pumpkin plant. Spiders get in my way when I walk around the garden!
Zucchini has blooms but doesn't look that strong.
I've got beans now and still some peas left.

Sunflower bud

2008-08-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

The corn has a tassle but it's not very tall.

It's raining again and the bean blooms have turned into beans! I am still eating peas too.

This is the bud on the sunflower.

I picked blackberries again and Mark made another pie. I love blackberry pie!

Sunflowers and beans

2008-08-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

The beans have blooms now.

Waiting for sunflowers

2008-08-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

The sunflowers are really getting taller. I'm still eating the last of the peas.
The kale is blooming the pretty yellow flowers that the bees love.
The thistle are starting to bloom.
The sweat peas smell really good.
Next year's raspberry canes are looking good.

Zucchini blooms

2008-07-20T22:06:00.001-07:00

The zucchinis have blooms

My sunflowers are getting much taller.

This corn is pathetic. I heard it should be as tall as an elephant's eye by the fourth of July - I had always thought it was "knee high by the fourth of July" - either way it's not even close

Sunflower up close

New potatoes! Yum! The beans are climbing up

Simba has to stay in the fenced area.

Summer Flowers

2008-07-12T17:41:00.001-07:00

I did a lot of work in the garden today. I trimmed all of the bushes and the trees. I put up a trellis for the beans. Weeded some. I tied up the peas and the eucalyptus. And I ate a bunch of peas and strawberries.

The is the honey suckle vine. Doing well so far.

The bees love the lavender. All kinds of bees, honey bees, bumble bees, wasps, black bees.

Zinnia

My sweat pea flowers are blooming!

Summer Lavender

2008-07-05T18:14:00.001-07:00

The lavender is really going strong now.

You can hardly see the garden with everything growing so much. Even the tree is getting bigger.

Can you see the peas over my head? I had to jump to reach them.

Ripe Strawberries, Peas, and Raspberries

2008-06-28T10:54:00.001-07:00

Strawberries, Peas, and Raspberries all are ripe! Yum!

These are some squash I planted with alyssum between to attract the bees I hope.

Nice colorful flowers in the entry.

This is something I planted in the garden but I'm not sure what.

Sunflowers

The lavender is getting prettier.

This is a sugar pie pumpkin I planted by the tree. I hope it grows big!

Windows Live Writer

2008-06-21T15:08:00.000-07:00

I'm trying out Windows Live Writer software which is free to download.

Click here for the link

Here is a test picture that I changed to black-n-white.

Garden from overhead

2008-06-21T10:40:00.000-07:00

I ate my first peas today! You can see the peas growing up into the tree in these pictures. Unbelievably the strawberries are still green.

Sunflowers!

Growing high

2008-06-15T17:14:00.000-07:00

This is some of the ground cover that I let grow.

Not red yet but it's a Raspberry! The peas have outgrown the trellis and are now reaching up into the tree. It's going to be hard to pick the pods so high up.

I bought a Whirlybird today.

Snap dragon.
I thinned out the chard but I didn't have the hart to pull them all up yet.

I put in a trellis for the sunflowers.

Empty Nest

2008-06-12T19:00:00.000-07:00

The Chickadees fledged yesterday and now they've gone off to live in the trees! Mark was at his computer and heard a lot of cheeping. He looked out the window and saw the baby birdies taking their first flights. He said they looked like Woodstock from the Peanuts cartoon. They flew in erratic paths, bumbling around, sometimes seeming to be flying upside down. The parents were still caring for them and feeding them worms. Maybe we'll see them around the neighborhood.

Dinner Time!

2008-06-05T19:28:00.001-07:00

Green!

2008-05-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of corn plants!
The peas have made it to the top of the trellis. Now they have to go horizontal.
I bought a new birdhouse for the front. Anybody want to move in?

There is a honeysuckle vine next to the pot. I bought it at the nursery because I love the smell of the flowers. They smell like Hawaii. I put a new geranium in the pot.
Here is the garden after my new plantings. Cucumbers, squash, and pumpkins. Sure, there is enough room.

I put a row of beans in between the peas and the potatoes.
Everything is really green. I trimmed the bush in front too. Just waiting for the lavender to bloom now...

Pie anyone?

2008-05-25T22:39:00.000-07:00

Pie anyone? Banana Cream or Blueberry.

Iris and Birds

2008-05-23T20:52:00.000-07:00

Birds on the wire.

Dinner time? We saw the Chickadee had a worm in it's mouth. My Iris are blooming. This is a flower on the arugula.
These pretty red flowers are the Coral Bells Mom gave me last year.

And here are some Lilly of the valley

Trellis

2008-05-18T17:34:00.000-07:00

I built my best trellis ever. I hope the peas like it.
These are some romaine lettuce plants.
I've got some Iris that might bloom.

Buttercups. :)

Our Neighboors, the Chickadees

2008-05-17T21:38:00.000-07:00

The Chickadees are back!

University District Steet Fair in Seattle

2008-05-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

It's hard to keep up!

2008-05-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

All at once it is summer! We celebrated the good weather with a BBQ!

It looks like I'm going to have a lot of strawberries soon!

I've got buttercups growing in the lawn! They are so pretty I don't want to mow.

The pink bulbs are all blooming now! They are so cool.

I planted sweet peas (flowers) last week. Looks like they are doing good. The regular peas are doing good too, they need a new trellis.
This is a green pepper I planted last week.
The arugula and kale are growing like crazy.

Here are some sunflowers! I hope they get tall.

Lilly of the Valley from Mom - Mark's favorite. They have sweet smelling flowers.

Is this what is called bolting? I didn't know chard could get this tall.

four-leaf clover!!!

The raspberries have flowers.

The lavender has buds!

Everythings growing

2008-05-06T20:50:00.000-07:00

Kale

I don't know what this is called.

Forget me nots!`
Strawberries

Lettuce

Pink flowers

2008-04-30T19:39:00.000-07:00

This bulb is almost blooming.

The pink tulips are blooming now.

TI thinned the arugula and the kale last week but you can't tell anymore! The peas are getting taller.

Yup, I'm growing potatoes this year.

resting

2008-04-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

tulips in the snow

2008-04-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

Hail and Snow

2008-04-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

Pretty Kale

2008-04-18T19:20:00.000-07:00

Peak Flowers

2008-04-12T07:20:00.000-07:00

Simba is so happy that it is warm now.
I steamed some chard to eat as a snack.

Some of the wild strawberries are blooming.

Red Tulips

2008-04-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

The tulips are almost open.
I can't wait until all of these are blooming.I don't remember what this bud is. The tree buds are getting bigger
The peas survived the cold snap and snow with some help from my cloches.

I don't know what to do with all of the chard. I've got to start eating it every day.

Rhubarb is looking much better. Someday I'm going to have that rhubarb pie. :)

Spring is here - Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T09:40:00.001-07:00

Some of my peas are starting to grow! The green fencing is my latest scheme to protect the garden from the neighbor's cat.

And these are Arugula - I think more than I will need.

Some beets and radishes are coming along slowly.

The Hyacinths are doing great!

The Raspberries aren't dead after all!

The tulips will be open by next week I think.

These are all going to be red tulips.

The rhubarb is coming back to life.

I hope the Lilac has lots of blooms this year.

Daffodil

2008-03-09T08:29:00.000-07:00

The arugula is still growing even though it got down to 30 over night last week.

I only have two daffodils this year. I might need to plant more bulbs.
I decided that there was enough green showing on the lavender so I decided to cut it back for new growth.

White Crocuses

2008-03-01T18:06:00.000-08:00

Now the white crocuses are joining in.
I don't have many daffodils but the ones I have are almost ready to bloom. There are a ton of these at Greenlake park.
The hyacinth is next - it will really feel like spring when these bloom.
Some of the Arugula are up!
This is my defense against the neighbor cat. I think the people walking down the street must think I've gone off of my rocker. The yellow stuff is grapefruit. I read on the Internet that cats don't like citrus.

Birdies and Potatoes

2008-02-24T20:01:00.000-08:00

Simba smashes his ears up against the window to see out. He was watching the fat little birds in the tree.
I should have refrigerated these like the bag suggests.

Now they are getting planted in the back yard.
This is the neighbor's cat - a new garden pest...

Purple Crocus!

2008-02-23T18:21:00.000-08:00

I planted even more stuff today - parsley, green onions, arugula, and more beets. My garden buddy helped me organize everything! :)

Early Planting

2008-02-17T16:41:00.000-08:00

I couldn't wait any longer. Today I turned over the dirt in the garden boxes and planted spinach, peas, radishes, kale, cilantro, endive, and radishes. I hope some of it grows! I still have last year's strawberries, the chard, and lots of rosemary.

First day of Crocus

2008-02-16T17:37:00.000-08:00

Spring is almost sprung

2008-02-15T17:32:00.000-08:00

The crocuses are so close to opening!

These might be tulips? And last seasons berries still on the ground.
Here are some buds on the tree.
More crocuses? Maybe these are the purple kind?
And my Valentine flowers from my sweetie!

Hummingbird!

2008-02-11T19:57:00.000-08:00

The humming bird is back! He came to my deck on Sunday and my feeder was sitting by the house instead of hanging on the railing. I had moved it to keep it from freezing. I don't know if the hummingbird actually found it by the house but after I saw him I ran right out and moved it back to the railing! Come back humming bird! :)

Caucus Report

2008-02-09T14:41:00.000-08:00

I went to a caucus today and it was crazy. The caucus was across the street at a public school. I figured I would head over there at 1:00 because there might be a lot of people. It was insane. There were masses of people all converging on the school. I have to admit that it gave me goosebumps to see so many people took the time and effort to go.

There were multiple caucuses at the school and at 1:00 it was already packed. There were five caucuses in the Gym alone. We got in there and you could barely hear anybody it was so loud. I am sure we exceeded the maximum occupancy of the room by at least 2 if not 3. I found an empty spot on the floor to wait. It was steaming hot. I looked around and saw two undersized ventilation openings on the wall. There were windows high up on the walls and they were covered with condensation.

We started by having everyone say the pledge of allegiance together. Then they shouted the official rules and proceedures. Then each group did an initial tally of the sign-in votes. No one in my group was undecided. A person volunteered to speak for each of the candidates for 1 minute (the maximum allowed time). Then there was a chance for people to change their vote or try to convince others to change their vote. I don't think anybody was discussing the candidates but if they were I couldn't hear anyway. I don't think anybody changed their vote. Most of the time was spent waiting for someone to add up the votes by hand. Finally we did the second tally and had to elect people to represent us at the next tier. I left since our caucus seem to have a clear winner (my candidate).

I think it was actually dangerous to have so many people packed into one space. I hope they change the process before the next election. I respect people's right to vote for a different candidate than me and I do not believe in trying to change people's minds.