I’m speaking Friday at 12:30, at the Plant Academy. About clematis…like you had to ask.

Keep some flowers in the house. These are forced tulips from a grower 20 miles south of my house. It helps me feel better. But tulips when they are still quite green, do you get to enjoy their whole vase life.

Proof it does snow in western Oregon. These are images of what 4-5 inches of snow look like outside Portland at about 450’ elevation. The Hamamelis is x intermedia ‘Diane’.

Lizzy the Pixie enjoying the Sink of Safety at Rose City Veterinary Hospital. In for her annual.

Because who doesn’t need a sleeping cat murping under a cozy blanket,

Inhale. Double tulips tend to be fragrant.

Big plans for the shed and north end of my garden. Trees out, trees placed, shed expansion. With a porch on it! This the shed at The Blue House, Amberley, NZ. Our role model.

If it worked for Poland…

At Jo Waklin's Garden Mt. Pisa area South Island NZ, Asphodeline in the breeze.