Carla A
@carlasgarden.bsky.social
Living on the North Oregon Coast for 23 years in "my English Cottage by the Sea." Tillamook County Master Gardener since 2002 and love my gardens and my Irish Red and White Setter Emily. Author of 2 books on PNW Coastal Gardening.
Back at it in 2026! I wish you a healthy and happy new year.
To start it off, my latest post can be found at:
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To start it off, my latest post can be found at:
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There's Gonna be a Resolution...
... Or Not
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January 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Back at it in 2026! I wish you a healthy and happy new year.
To start it off, my latest post can be found at:
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To start it off, my latest post can be found at:
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Here is my latest blog... last one of the year. See you in 2026!
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A Winter Basket
If you are like me, you clean out your annual hanging baskets and store them for the winter.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here is my latest blog... last one of the year. See you in 2026!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!
Here are my Thanksgiving thoughts....
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Here are my Thanksgiving thoughts....
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On Giving Thanks...
I am certain that my family isn’t the only one that sits around the table on Thanksgiving Day and reflects on the things we are thankful for.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!
Here are my Thanksgiving thoughts....
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Here are my Thanksgiving thoughts....
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My latest blog post just dropped on Substack! Here is the link:
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Thanking Mother Nature
When the calendar turns to November, there are only two things that pop into my mind: Thanksgiving and raking leaves.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My latest blog post just dropped on Substack! Here is the link:
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My November 12 blog is up now. Check it out at carlasgarden.substack.com/p/no-vember
No-vember
“No leaves.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My November 12 blog is up now. Check it out at carlasgarden.substack.com/p/no-vember
My latest blog is up already on Substack! Here is the link:
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Lovely Amaryllis
I usually only think of amaryllis when I see them in the store shortly right before Halloween when the Christmas decorations are on the shelves.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My latest blog is up already on Substack! Here is the link:
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In the mood for a little Halloween? Check out my latest blog on Substack: carlasgarden.substack.com/p/year-round...
Year 'Round Halloween
Our sixteen-year-old granddaughter Daisy’s favorite holiday – even above Christmas and her birthday – is Halloween.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the mood for a little Halloween? Check out my latest blog on Substack: carlasgarden.substack.com/p/year-round...
My Substack post for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 is up at:
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It may give you a little break in your Autumn chores!
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It may give you a little break in your Autumn chores!
My "Not-to-Do" List
Keeping Fall Clean Up Simple
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October 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My Substack post for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 is up at:
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It may give you a little break in your Autumn chores!
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It may give you a little break in your Autumn chores!
My latest blog post is up on Substack. Here is the link: carlasgarden.substack.com/p/to-rake
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My latest blog post is up on Substack. Here is the link: carlasgarden.substack.com/p/to-rake
My Wednesday post is up on Substack. Find it at carlasgarden.substack.com/p/falling-fo...
Falling for Pansies
How I learned to appreciate these little workhorses
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October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My Wednesday post is up on Substack. Find it at carlasgarden.substack.com/p/falling-fo...
New post up today... more about delphiniums!
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Aunt Marguerite's Garden
I was slowly waking up quite a few years ago, listening to the news on NPR from Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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September 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New post up today... more about delphiniums!
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A Tasty Treat?
Being Careful of Pets with Plants
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September 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Snakes in the Garden
“Snakes!
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September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Clouds and Linings
My mother was very fond of old adages and rare was a conversation with her that she didn’t include one no matter what the topic might be.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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My latest post is up...and I admit to it being one of my personal favorites. IF I am allowed to have a favorite of my own work! 😉
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An Open Letter to Gertrude Jekyll
Dear Miss Jekyll,
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August 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My latest post is up...and I admit to it being one of my personal favorites. IF I am allowed to have a favorite of my own work! 😉
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My new post is up today on Substack. Check it out here: carlasgarden.substack.com/p/plants-i-c...
Plants I Can't Grow ...
About this time in the summer of every year I find myself reflecting on the plants that have done well in the garden.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Seeing Ghosts
July in the garden is more one of maintenance and not planting.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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In tune with the Ancients
Quite a few years ago I was helping in a friend’s garden as we weeded and cut back all sorts of plants that had started to creep into her flower beds.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Water, water... Where?
A regular topic in the local Master Gardener Plant Clinics seems to be, “The weather is beautiful but everything is so dry!” “When do I water?” “Should I water?” “How much should I water?”
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July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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On Getting Slugged
I don’t know about your garden, but mine has been invaded by an army of slugs and snails this summer and I am about at my wits end getting rid of them.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I have a new post up about trees in pots. Check it out at
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Trees in Pots
A neighbor called the other day and asked if I could help him with a project.
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June 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have a new post up about trees in pots. Check it out at
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Favored plants
The weather this spring has been – in a word – Changeable.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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