Long day and I’m slightly incoherent.
Our booth is setup for the sale tomorrow. Only took us 3 1/2 hours and two small arguments. We didn’t get out of here as early as we wanted and didn’t get started setting up until after 1pm this afternoon.
Tomorrow is a 9 to 5 day, but the weather looks like it’s going to be a bit cooler than today. We hit around 85F in Canby and it looks like it was about 78F up here on the ridge top.
Something knittable will be joining me. I don’t know yet if I’ll take the sweater or the Dubblemossa. Hopefully some kind of progress by Monday.
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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:30am – Clear – Current temp. 64.4F(18.0C)
Max 73.6F(23.1C) – Min 44.8F(7.1C) — 0″ precipitation
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I’ve gotten a couple questions about the plant sale we are part of this weekend.
The Spring Garden Fair is sponsored by the Clackamas County Master Gardeners. Over 150 vendors will be there. Saturday and Sunday (May 1 and 2) at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby OR. Parking is free, but there is a $2.00 admission fee. It looks to be a great weekend and if you’re in Northwest Oregon/Southwest Washington and you love plants, it’s the place to be.
Eileen has this thing about carnivorous plants. Venus Flytraps, Sundews and Pitcher Plants. She has them all. For the most part the flowers of the plants are not that interesting. Small, generally normal looking flowers.
But, one of the Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia flava) has a most interesting flower. Yellow green in color, with long, droopy petals, it always attacts attention.
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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:15am – Clear – Current temp. 44.8F(7.1C)
Max 65.8F(18.8C) – Min 43.7F(6.5C) — 0″ precipitation
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Spent most of today loading the trailer with everything but plants. We’ll try to finish loading plants by the end of the day on Thursday, so that we can take off early on Friday to setup. It doesn’t look like we’ll be able to get everything to Canby in a single load and my truck is out of commission, so it will be an early morning on Saturday finishing moving plants and the final setup before the sale opens at 8am.
Both Eileen and I are plant geeks. What’s a plant geek? Someone who gets excited about a plant sale and the more unusual the plants the better.
Here’s a shot of Eileen’s Spider Lily (Hymenocallis occidentalis). Native to the Southern United States. Normally a summer bloomer, this one always blooms early in our greenhouse. Full size photo linked.
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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:30am – Clear – Current temp. 47.8F(8.8C)
Max 69.6F(20.9C) – Min 38.7F(3.7C) — 0″ precipitation
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We lost power around 3PM yesterday afternoon and still wasn’t back when we gave up and went to bed at 9PM. No hot water, very little cold water, quick sponge bath last night.
Power is back on this morning and I’m playing catchup with email and other stuff. Country living has it’s advantages and disadvantages.
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Pumpkin Ridge – NW Oregon
7:00am – Clear – Current temp. 55.4F(13.0C)
Max 82.4F(28.0C) – Min 54.9F(12.7C) — 0″ precipitation
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Living with cats makes for an interesting life. And living with 8 cats makes a *very* interesting life.
Here are 6 of our 8 indoor cats, stretched out on the once expensive and nice couch. Never buy leather if you intend to own cats. Covering with plastic helps, but sure isn’t a cure.
From bottom to top.. Rumley, Casey Jones (in one of his favorite sleeping positions – feet up), Hailey, our Little Yellow Kitty Sybil, Sage Emily The Earless and at the top my old man Jake who will turn 16 the middle of May.
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Another *very* busy and warm day up here on the ridge top. High today hit 82.4F. Fields to mow, plants to water and more preparations for the upcoming plant sale, but I was able to spend a bit of time at the end of the day taking a few pictures.
The ‘Dead Spider’ Columbine has bloomed. Not sure I’d call it grey. More like a greenish white. Still an interesting columbine. Full size photo linked.
This is a Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum forma alba) flower. This is the white form of our Pacific Northwest native Ginger. The normal ginger flower looks like this.
And finally another of my Primula auricula have bloomed, This one is a non-show style, commonly called Garden Auricula or Alpine Auricula. No ‘mealy paste’ around the center, unlike an earlier post here.
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