Tag: Vaccinium
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The Fruits of my Garden: Figs, Apples, Pomegranates, Asparagus and Berries
The second fig crop is still ripening on my Ficus ‘Petite Negra’. Days are shortening and nighttime temperatures are cooling down. Yesterday was our first dreary and wet reminder that our days are numbered. It misted and rained. Clouds hung in the air all day—as did the smell of PNW dampness. The city of Portland felt…
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Wordless Wednesday: My Garden and Life through the Eyes of a Therapeutic Foster Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rosa “Golden Showers”. Japanese Snowbell Tree, Styrax japonicus. Pacific or Western Bleeding Heart, Dicentra formosa. Multnomah Falls. Trees in the Columbia River Gorge. Rosa rugosa. Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum. Clematis “Josephine”. Leopard’s Bane, Doronicum orientale. Living wreath. Entrance shade garden near the street and sidewalk. Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. Me with box. Macavity—the old lady black…