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The Beauty of Birch
We had a few white birch trees at our previous place, and I have to admit I didn’t appreciate them very much. One was poorly sited in the tiny front lawn, shading the struggling fruit trees, and… more →
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The Beauty of Birch
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greenwalks wrote 4 days ago: We had a few white birch trees at our previous place, and I have to admit I didn’t appreciate … more →
Still Shining
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greenwalks wrote 1 week ago: This is one for the flower-lovers (you know who you are, and aren’t). A year or so ago, a simp … more →
Why I Keep the Asters
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greenwalks wrote 3 weeks ago: The asters that reseed vigorously in my parking strip garden are tall, leggy, often in the wrong pla … more →
Windflower Farm
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greenwalks wrote 1 month ago: The Green Lake area of Seattle is swamped on sunny days by folks from all over the city, who come to … more →
Pink in the Parking Strip
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greenwalks wrote 2 months ago: Pink has never been my favorite color, in fact it is pretty much at the bottom of my list, but someh … more →
Parking Strip Raised Bed Update
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greenwalks wrote 4 months ago: A few months ago, I wrote a post about a row of raised beds that had suddenly appeared in the parkin … more →
My Garden is Smarter Than Me
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greenwalks wrote 4 months ago: I lack the design sense to think up successful plant pairings, but sometimes a combination of self-s … more →
Cool Thoroughfare Planting
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: Who says that major city thoroughfares and nice streetside plantings can’t mix? Someone in Sea … more →
Alien Seed Pods
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: Yet another reason to love the species tulips that came up first and lasted longest in the parking s … more →
Streetside Potato Farm
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: A couple of weeks ago, I took a stroll to the public library to return some overdue books and on the … more →
I Sprung a Leek
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: For the first time in many years, one of my over-wintered leeks (yes, just one, but it’s bette … more →
Underwhelmed by Allium moly
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: I should know by now that my impulse bulb purchases often turn out to be busts. I’ve had a few … more →
See Some Shiso
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: Every year at the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale, I buy some unfamiliar (to me) herbs and other edi … more →
Insist on Cistus
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: The one-gallon Rockrose (cistus) I planted at the end of my parking strip that’s furthest from … more →
Tidy
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: If there is one thing I’m not, it’s tidy. Not in the garden, not in the house, not in my … more →
Some More New Friends
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greenwalks wrote 5 months ago: My spring plant purchasing has been pretty restrained. Because of some revamping in the backyard, I … more →
A Furry Visitor
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greenwalks wrote 6 months ago: One of the reasons I like gardening in the parking strip area is that I get to meet the friendlier o … more →
Raised Beds Sprouting in the Parking Strip
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greenwalks wrote 6 months ago: I saw this while driving home from the school run last week. I had to stop and take photos, the sigh … more →
More Winter Survivors
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greenwalks wrote 6 months ago: I know I sound like a broken record here, but I’m continuing to be surprised by all the plants … more →
