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Che Mondo Bello: Tigridia pavonia
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Thursday, September 20, 2012. Mexican Shell Flower, or Trigridia pavonia. Is a showy summer-blooming bulb in the iris family. Each large flower opens in the morning and lasts just one day. By late afternoon, it has crumpled and shrunk. It is always a delight to notice these blooming, especially now, in late September, months after the initial bloom. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mica as a Klimt," Shoreline, 2012. View my complete profile. The Hollar Digital Collection.
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Che Mondo Bello: A Race Against the Rain
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Sunday, November 18, 2012. A Race Against the Rain. Here in the Pacific Northwest, fall usually means a return of the rain. Heck—sometimes it just starts raining and doesn't stop until the following summer. We had an unusually dry summer this year, so the rain is welcome. Fall is also the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. Just as the bulbs arrive, the rains start. We ordered over 800 bulbs this year to plant in our completely re-done front garden, and they all need planting now.
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Che Mondo Bello: Cooking: Yellow Curry with Chicken, Green Beans, and Purple Yams
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Monday, January 13, 2014. Cooking: Yellow Curry with Chicken, Green Beans, and Purple Yams. This Thai curry is easy to make if you have yellow curry paste on hand. I am fortunate to live where a wide variety of exotic grocery items are not difficult to find. For those in the Seattle area, I bought this curry paste at Central Market in Shoreline. Thai Yellow Curry with Chicken, Green Beans, and Purple Yams. 2 yams, scrubbed and trimmed. 6 crimini mushrooms, trimmed, then sliced into 1/8-inch slices. 1 can...
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Che Mondo Bello: May 2013
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Friday, May 17, 2013. A Fan of Foliage. It's a well-known axiom that plants with interesting foliage are the real workhorses of the ornamental garden. After all, foliage usually has a longer season than flowers. Variations in color, shape, size, texture, and arrangement on the stem offer a multitude of design choices. In our own garden, arranging and balancing foliage is a constant dance. Too much of a similar texture in one area? Here's some of the foliage I'm enjoying this week in the garden.
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Che Mondo Bello: June 2012
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Thursday, June 14, 2012. Why do my knees and back hurt? Oh, yeah…. Two days, two people, one hundred nine plants planted. Exhausting, but so rewarding. And divisions of our own stock. Friday, June 8, 2012. I'm even more obsessed with plants lately than I usually am. With a large area in the front garden available for planting, plants seem to be the only things on my mind. This beautiful foliage belongs to Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group. The steely purple-silver blooms of Allium christophii. Flambeau,'...
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Che Mondo Bello: March Madness
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Monday, March 18, 2013. No, not basketball. I mean the madness that engulfs me every year as plants begin to break dormancy and bulbs push their way out of the soil. I mean the madness of checking the garden twice a day to see what's progressing. It's madness because we are just approaching the official start of Spring, we are still having morning frosts occasionally, and the soil has barely warmed at all. I could blame the snowdrops and Iris reticulata. Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'. Another hard-wo...
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Che Mondo Bello: November 2012
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Sunday, November 18, 2012. A Race Against the Rain. Here in the Pacific Northwest, fall usually means a return of the rain. Heck—sometimes it just starts raining and doesn't stop until the following summer. We had an unusually dry summer this year, so the rain is welcome. Fall is also the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. Just as the bulbs arrive, the rains start. We ordered over 800 bulbs this year to plant in our completely re-done front garden, and they all need planting now.
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Che Mondo Bello: April 2013
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Things have really picked up speed in the garden the past couple of weeks. Perhaps the fastest growing plant award should go to Cardiocrinum giganteum. Our little colony now has seven or so plants, only one of which seems heading toward bloom this year. The plant that bloomed last year produced five healthy offsets, so it looks like future years will be spectacular for these plants. We've had good luck so far with another callistemon, so we added this C. citrinus. Lava Cascade'...
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Che Mondo Bello: Eremurus
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Monday, June 17, 2013. Spring Valley hybrid Eremurus. Are seed-raised in Idaho. They have larger flowers and bloom later than Dutch hybrids. This is our first year growing these, and we couldn't be happier. Culture wise, they like excellent drainage, full sun, and minimal competition with other plants. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mica as a Klimt," Shoreline, 2012. I live with my sweetie and two cats. I like to cook, take pictures, dig in the dirt, and play music. Life is beautiful.
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Che Mondo Bello: July 2012
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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Summer in the Garden. Summer in the garden is often an embarrassment of riches. Plants that have lain semi-dormant burst forth with spectacular floral displays. The chores of spring—weeding, mulching, planting, pruning—are mostly over (until the fall! And the warmer days invite us to simply relax and enjoy the show. In a bed planted just last year, self-sown tobaccos are cheery in front of Geranium. Rozanne.' The white one is Nicotiana. Behind the geranium is Origanum vulgare.
