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Album: PdxJules' Dahlias & Garden pix

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Date: 08/27/05 - Size: 48 items

Hi there - I am somewhat a messy gardener, and a newbie to lots of things. I like learning about individual plants more than making some kind of perfect frozen Portrait. For me - it's a Zen-workout. i relish both the sweat and mental health escape. It's a good thing to get dirty and cooperate with compost, thru all the changing seasons. A garden is a process - one that makes you lift weights, stretch, and do plenty of Yoga positions as you work. I grow about half my food now, and except for a quiet electric mower, prefer not to use power tools outdoors. I don't expect completion nor perfection when gardening - I am delighted when anything works out. I do it for myself, and for the simple pleasures that probably only I will notice. I give away lots of seed, tubers and plants every year, and volunteer in OPG's - other people's gardens. See my list at www.gardenweb.com in Member Exchanges: pdxJules - let me know if you want Garlic chive tubers, seed, or Yellow Plum scions.

Purple Garlic & Baby Broccoli

This one Purple clove variety (Free Gift from Martin at GardenWeb)made 6 fat heads!

08/26/06

Onions

08/26/06

Elephant Garlic June 2006

I harvest elephant Garlic bulbs and seed every July...and scapes as soon as they appear. Plenty of seed to Swap/share.

08/26/06

Julie's Allium Garden in Spring

past the 4' Garlic fronds, you see a patch of Catawissa and Harvest Onions - with nice topsets, and on the right are some multiplying onions - or potato onions - I'm not sure. Let me know if you recognize those Round Seed heads that make tiny bl

08/26/06

my house is hidden behind a happy tangle of plants in my Allium garden

Couldn't walk by all this wonderful growing stuff without getting down on the ground to look from anothr angle.

08/26/06

Elephant garlic, Chammomile, and Catawissa Onion

I love my garden in Spring. After the July onion and garlic harvest my garden looks barren in comparison. I can't wait for next Sept/Oct so I can replant all possible seed. Need help for fresh soil prep tho. Have Compost ready to mix in, and friends