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| 'Kay, what else can we dig up? |
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| Globe Thistle leaf on boulevard ... harbinger of autumn |
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Part of the Plant Sale Prep Crew |
Prepping for Saturday's 2nd Annual Plant Sale - this Saturday
Annual Wonderful Potluck Work-party
It was a great work party where tons of tasks were accomplished that spruced up our beautiful garden. Pruning, weeding, watering and checking out our newest garden member - 'Chip'. Yes, that's right we now have a chipper for improving the quality of our compost which was purchased with some of the funds that were raised courtesy of our local Choices. After all our hard work, came the array of homemade food and goodies including a much discussed 'mystery square' which we all guessed at - apple?, pear?, ??. It turned out to be the ubiquitous zucchini! Yummy. Our local Capers (Whole Foods) also provided two lovely trays of organic fruit and sandwiches. Here are a few images from our annual wonderful potluck work-party:
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| 'Chip' - only to be used by certified chippers! |
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| Getting the Goutweed |
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| Our youngest garden member with his mom! |
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| Beautiful Borage |
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| Man with Saw |
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| Me again! With my hip and groovy striped pants. |
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| July 2013 - driest July on record (if it doesn't rain by Wed!!) |
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| Get the Goutweed. |
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| More Getting the Goutweed! |
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| The Feast Following |
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| ETC keeps it well watered. |
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| Hmmm, how best to rid us of Goutweed? |
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| Raspberry Water - yum. |
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| Dahlia Depth Perception |
Happy Solstice and Super Moon - Spring into Summer
By all accounts - the June evening work party was a raging success. The garden is always being improved... and the work parties always contribute to keeping our garden in tip top shape. Thanks to all the members who turned out for the pre-Solstice event.
This year's summer solstice was on Friday, June 21st. Here is a link to a most interesting article on the solstice from the National Geographic: 2013 Summer Solstice
A few recent shots from the garden.
Could not get a good closeup shot - but the Northern Flickers have been hanging out in our garden again! Watch for them - they are lovely. I didn't know this before - but apparently they are on the endangered species list because of predatory birds. We are graced with their presence in our garden.
This year's summer solstice was on Friday, June 21st. Here is a link to a most interesting article on the solstice from the National Geographic: 2013 Summer Solstice
A few recent shots from the garden.
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| Friendly Fly on the Lovely Lilies about to burst |
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| Simply Natural |
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| Small Amusements at Our Table |
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| Our Hobbit Tree has some new additions |
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| Sorry - another fly shot - I don't normally like flies! |
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| Interesting Grass by the middle bench |
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| Hobbit Tree moth... |
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| Radicchio - looks as good as it tastes |
Could not get a good closeup shot - but the Northern Flickers have been hanging out in our garden again! Watch for them - they are lovely. I didn't know this before - but apparently they are on the endangered species list because of predatory birds. We are graced with their presence in our garden.
Late Spring Minutia - Up Close And Personal
Great weather for capturing the gorgeous minutia of our garden. This time of year is so wonderful in the garden because you can still see the 'bones' of it - and marvel at the small little details - if you look closely!
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| Random wee mushroom appeared in my garden - that is a tiny strawberry behind it for scale |
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| Peony blossom opener ant helpers |
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| Saxifrage blossoms - tiny tiny lovelies |
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| Guess... one of the peony varieties about to burst - exquisite |
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| Allium - bee haven - they go crazy (the bees) for these guys |
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| Apples starting to form |
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| Bee on the path to the Allium nectar |
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| Blueberries forming... |
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| Goutweed - evil but lovely when flowering. |
Garden Upgrades
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| Our lovely new sign! |
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| The iris's are amazing this year |
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| 'The Future Site...' our original vintage garden sign |
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| Peek a boo |
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| Alliums - spectacular |
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| Which sandwich should I have next? |
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| Our guest 91-year-old worker - blessed by a forget-me-not blossom - thanks Dad! |
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| Thank you Kitsilano Whole Foods - yummy organic food |
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| Prepping the future location of our direction sign - stay tuned |
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| Squash bed crew member! |
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| umbrella at the ready |
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| Hobbit Tree additions |
Garden Fundraiser BBQ
Well... it was Mother's Day so people were full from their brunches/lunches... it was rainy... and the BBQ setup was in the parking lot, not out front of the Choices Market. Still, all in all we had a ton of fun chasing up potential donations and foisting some organic hamburgers on those that were willing. Thanks to a couple of our garden members for coming out to support the garden.
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| Servin' em up! David was full of bbq tips, what a guy. |
We had many lovely conversations talking about our beautiful garden and our bee homes. We are very grateful to Choices Market on the west side and their enthusiastic staff for making this happen for the benefit of the garden. We will know a little later the tally of how much was raised - and even if it doesn't exceed our previous Choices fundraiser - it will be extra $$ for the garden coffers for 4 hours of our time on a rainy old Sunday. And of course thanks to David for setting up yet another fundraiser.
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| Biscuit was so well behaved - even with all that lovely meat to tempt him. What a trouper! |
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| Alan, our garden mason bee expert - manning our display |
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