Late August 2010
in the evening

I am amazed at all the growth! This will be the 3 year mark and goodness it shows!

We are now working with a new gardener, Bearcreek Landscaping and have someone who will actually mow our 3 acres. It was pretty hard to find someone at reasonable prices. Bearcreek mows, edges, prunes, fertilizes, sprays weeds, blows, rakes, and weeds the beds all for a flat rate. That's pretty good.

I'm looking out of the library window and everything is so beautiful! The way the sun covers the garden at this time of year brings out another kind of beauty in the plants, almost as if it were twilight but it's 11:25 am!

It is really exciting to see our garden grow. Alan and I love gardening so much that to actually "see" it take shape in such a short amount of time is very gratifying indeed!

Stay tuned!

Our Garden, September 2009

It's been 2 years since I've posted any garden pictures on our "Seasons" blog and it has been intentional.

I wanted to see the difference. To see the growth of our garden. They say that the 3rd year is the best for
plant growth, I agree. But it has been amazing to watch our garden grow in the last couple of years! We have fertilized and transplanted and replaced many times, all with very satisfying results.

I plan on taking several pictures to document the growth and to compare with previous years.

Stay tuned!

Laurie : )

Rain, ...again!

OK, enough already! I'm really getting sick and tired of this rain, especially after last Saturday's 80 degrees!

Alan and I both noticed how that warm day made the plants around here seem to grow inches overnight. We are anxiously waiting to see if several trees made it over the winter, the London Plane tree especially. I check it every other day practically!

I'm looking out of the library window as I type and I have mellow music playing but somehow today has been a hard day for me in many ways.. probably because of this rain and gray.

I'm usually the one telling Alan, "we live in Seattle, we have rain" but now I'm the one complaining and he is very aware of it!

I know, I know,

spring showers bring May flowers.

Boy, I'm sure glad May is around the corner!

Random pictures taken on a warm February 22nd Friday afternoon




Deer prints

Frog egg clusters