Here's an update on our gardening efforts, with links and plant names so I don't have to search my emails for them anymore....
On The Ground
We transplanted a black currant from a neighbor. Hopefully it gets enough sun on the north side of our fence.
I was sooo excited to get some big rocks from a construction site in West Seattle after the garbage truck and other construction trucks pulverized part of our parking strip starting in January (and several more times in February...). Then someone took our rocks! These rocks were all I could manage while using a car and a dolly so it's not like someone just causally carried them down the street.
The garbage truck driver's job was made more difficult by the months-long process of pouring new concrete on half the street and several sidewalk curb cuts, so maybe it was him? Jack thinks that the street inspector told the paving contractors to remove the rocks because they were taken in the middle of the afternoon while the inspectors and contractors were around.
Over the winter I put in some paving stones in the parking strip and a few months ago we put up the birdhouse we painted over the winter.
Last year the Japanese snowbells bloomed in late May, so we are still looking forward to that. The daphne was so much better this year (this pic is from before it bloomed) and the creeping jenny is just the right thing for the shady under-tree, crap soil area. Below the daphne is some aggressive oregano which makes weeding smell great.
On The Roof
The high country blueberry bush planted in spring 2019 has been joined by a little bluegold blueberry bush and I hope this results in more berries. I'm encouraged by all the blooms.
I bought some pink coral bells and put two down on the parking strip and three on the roof. The latest round of construction work has been a three-weeks-and-counting job where they are putting down conduit for comcast in our alley, the street, and the alley to the north. They further tore up the grass and killed another coral bell plant I'd just put in, a rather sorry sarcococca plant and a new catmint plant.
Also on the roof I planted pale evening primrose (white buttercup sundrops) from seed, a hayscented fern, a big bluestem grass, and several blue false indigo baptisia australis.
I got some lettuce and cauliflower plants and planted more kale and spinach from seed, as well as some onions and carrots for the first time.
For the cats we put in some seeds for a nicer cat grass and cat nip. Toru spends quite a bit of time on the roof, even when it's cold. He almost always follows us up there too. Luna comes up occasionally, when it's warm, though she still insists on struggling to open the cat door with her paw instead of just pushing through it.
We've got parsley and cilantro self seeding, which is just fine by me. Our delicious chocolate mint plant continues to thrive (surprising no one) and many bulbs from last year came up again. I think they're hyacinths and ornamental onions, but we'll see when they bloom. The pansies are self-sufficient and pretty, so I like them.
D is a good garden helper.
On The Ground
We transplanted a black currant from a neighbor. Hopefully it gets enough sun on the north side of our fence.
I was sooo excited to get some big rocks from a construction site in West Seattle after the garbage truck and other construction trucks pulverized part of our parking strip starting in January (and several more times in February...). Then someone took our rocks! These rocks were all I could manage while using a car and a dolly so it's not like someone just causally carried them down the street.
The garbage truck driver's job was made more difficult by the months-long process of pouring new concrete on half the street and several sidewalk curb cuts, so maybe it was him? Jack thinks that the street inspector told the paving contractors to remove the rocks because they were taken in the middle of the afternoon while the inspectors and contractors were around.
Over the winter I put in some paving stones in the parking strip and a few months ago we put up the birdhouse we painted over the winter.
This is not our cat, but he's a frequent sight in our neighborhood. We call him (or her?) Shoes.
On The Roof
The high country blueberry bush planted in spring 2019 has been joined by a little bluegold blueberry bush and I hope this results in more berries. I'm encouraged by all the blooms.
I bought some pink coral bells and put two down on the parking strip and three on the roof. The latest round of construction work has been a three-weeks-and-counting job where they are putting down conduit for comcast in our alley, the street, and the alley to the north. They further tore up the grass and killed another coral bell plant I'd just put in, a rather sorry sarcococca plant and a new catmint plant.
Also on the roof I planted pale evening primrose (white buttercup sundrops) from seed, a hayscented fern, a big bluestem grass, and several blue false indigo baptisia australis.
I got some lettuce and cauliflower plants and planted more kale and spinach from seed, as well as some onions and carrots for the first time.
For the cats we put in some seeds for a nicer cat grass and cat nip. Toru spends quite a bit of time on the roof, even when it's cold. He almost always follows us up there too. Luna comes up occasionally, when it's warm, though she still insists on struggling to open the cat door with her paw instead of just pushing through it.
We've got parsley and cilantro self seeding, which is just fine by me. Our delicious chocolate mint plant continues to thrive (surprising no one) and many bulbs from last year came up again. I think they're hyacinths and ornamental onions, but we'll see when they bloom. The pansies are self-sufficient and pretty, so I like them.
D is a good garden helper.
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