Cottage Garden

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30 April: Ilwaco jobs Tuesday, 30 April 2024 Ilwaco Freedom Market Oh dear, it looks looks like the weeding job that had started east of the Freedom Market has come to a halt. Later, we drove along the port and saw that many of the curbside beds are still unweeded. I wonder what happened? Some of the beds have […]
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29 April: more vigorous gardening Monday, 29 April 2024 at home We’d had much rain overnight. I weeded vigorously. Skooter helped in his usual hindering way. When he rested, he chose a spot that was right on top of my target weeds. …and didn’t move while I weeded around his legs. Finally, he gave me some room. I dug out […]
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28 and 27 April: garden and 2 books Sunday, 28 April 2024 at home I am pleased to report that I have celery sprouting from the kitchen windowsill six packs. I have never grown it before and will have to read up on its idiosyncracies. And I have tomatoes and cucumbers, which I hope don’t get too leggy because it won’t be till […]
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26 April: a bountiful day Friday, 26 April 2024 (mostly) at home During a Thursday of writing blog posts and reading, we had an unexpectedly dry day. We’d had a lot of very welcome rain yesterday and overnight. It was such a relief to not have to worry about watering. Allan took the opportunity to mow the lawn at the […]
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24 April part two: pruning a fuchsia Thursday, 24 April 2024 at home I pruned an enormous pale pink Fuchsia magellanica with our tiny rechargeable chainsaw, cutting off some arching branches that had beautifully survived and leafed out after the cold winter but were now shading out some lilies and a metapanax that I want to show off. Although I loved the […]
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