Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol 19.11: cold and dry

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Saturday March 18, 2023 · 6:00 AM PDT

2023/03/18 · 06:00

The latest information from the weather station run by Oregon State University located just down the hill from us shows we are about 21% low at the end of the third year of La Nina, supposedly cooler and wetter in the PNW. We have 24.56 inches from September 1, normal is 31.45. I wonder how dry it will get when we get El Nino. The local weather guy says today will be above average for temp, but 12 of 18 days of March are below normal.

Here are some pics from around the yard.

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Saturday March 11, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/03/11 · 06:00

Good Morning all you lovers of growing things! We welcome everyone who gardens outdoors, indoors, both, knowledgeable and just learning. New visitors always welcome. Stop back in if it’s been a while. SMGB is a 24/7 “gardening diner” of great chats and nice folks. And, as always, WE LOVE PHOTOS!!!

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Saturday March 04, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/03/04 · 06:00

Morning y’all, and welcome to another downheah edition of Saturday Morning Garden Blogging. While it shouldn’t be, Spring is definitely in the air.

Looks like more of the same next week...

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Saturday February 25, 2023 · 6:01 AM PST

2023/02/25 · 06:01

Good Morning everyone! It sure is looking like an early spring on the way here in the Southwest Virginia mountains. There’s been no real snow this year other than a few dustings. The long-range two- month trend forecast suggests there won't be any big snows coming up. Lately, we have hitting temperatures more normal in April.

I’m sure we are all planning and dreaming of gardens to come with the approach of Spring. Several gardeners here already have seeds growing to get an early jump on the season with transplants. But, if you haven’t started all of your seeds yet, or you don’t mess with seeds because it seems too daunting, stick around to the end of this blog and you will see how easy it can be.

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Saturday February 18, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/02/18 · 06:00

Good morning! Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blog.

The second half of my travels to Costa Rica are chronicled today. It begins with the private car ride from Grecia to Santa Elena (Monte Verde).

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Saturday February 11, 2023 · 6:02 AM PST

2023/02/11 · 06:02

Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blog! We’re glad you’re here today.

I just returned from a whirlwind 17 days in Costa Rica. So many things to see, do and learn in so little time. My travels are chronicled below including some of the sights that greeted me and the flowers-birds-butterflies-animals that fascinate me. Grab some java and enjoy a colorful feast for the eyes.

This is Part One . It covers Grecia/Sarchi (flowers), La Paz Waterfall (monkeys, macaws, tucans, hummingbirds, butterflies, sloths).

Part Two next week covers Santa Elena/Monte Verde (coffee, cacao, sugar cane, orchids); Quepos (beaches, sunsets, monkeys); Rio Claro area and Golfito (scenery, birds, iguanas, pezotes).

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Saturday February 04, 2023 · 6:01 AM PST

2023/02/04 · 06:01

Welcome all! Whether you actively garden or just enjoy a lovely houseplant, we are all glad you are here. My wish is that you walk away from today’s blog with a smile. Feel free to ask questions, make a comment or share a photo.

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Saturday January 28, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/01/28 · 06:00

Morning Y’all, and welcome to another downheah edition of Saturday Morning Garden Blogging. As I may have mentioned here before, I have two seasons: Bama Football season and Tomato & Pepper season. Bama didn’t make the Championship Playoff, but it was a good season at 11-2. Time to focus on the garden...

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Saturday January 21, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/01/21 · 06:00

Call them sprouts, or micro-greens, or anything else you like. In the dead of winter, you can grow fresh, crunchy, nutritious veggies in your kitchen. No soil required.

I own a small sprouting kit, which allows up to four varieties to be started at once, with dividers.

Seed sprouting kit: two plastic trays with fine screen bottoms and a drip tray, screened lid.

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Saturday January 14, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/01/14 · 06:00

Hello all Gardeners and Friends! Many years ago, before I became President of the Yard — in fact, while I was still in college — another student in my dorm was playing an album in her room, and I listened to a song that evoked strong emotions in me. It propelled me into environmental activism via our local Sierra Club group. Decades later, it still resonates with me, as we face climate change and a disruptive political environment. Have a listen (3:04 minutes):

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Saturday January 07, 2023 · 6:00 AM PST

2023/01/07 · 06:00

My two times in Ireland were a feast for the senses… smelling the peat (turf), tasting the Guinness and shandies in local pubs, trying to pet the prerequisite sheep and cows, getting stabbed by the #$%# stinging nettles, and hearing local bands play fiddles, harps and bodhrans…

The best part, though, was seeing all the new sights and capturing them in photos, which is what this diary is about!

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Saturday December 31, 2022 · 6:00 AM PST

2022/12/31 · 06:00

Everything has been about three weeks late since our long wet cold Spring. These camellias should have been in full bloom a week or two before Christmas.

they are just starting to go, but there are a lot of them.

the Christmas Camellia or Noel is just starting as well.

I think this is a viburnum. It will have white/pink blossoms all over it soon.

The winter flowering shrubs have been inspired by the loss of our parents through this time of year.

We had a warm up this week, with one day and night of 35-50 mph winds. It really resolves the leaf issue. Rainy as well, and we need it.

I am tinkering in the basement with hobby wood and little girls dreams to keep me busy. The Barbie barn is pretty much cut out. I’ll get the girls to paint it with me next time they are down. I have a five story Calico Critters townhouse in the works. What fun.

We were in Portland yesterday for our Baby’s 40th birthday. Luckily the wife and I were in our early teens…...or early 30’s when she was born.

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