Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Many flowers are setting seeds now.  For ornamentals, there is a choice between, letting them do their own thing, or deadheading to stimulat...

The 3rd raised bed is completed. Soil is from a pile behind the house. Again, mixing with compost as I filled. Maybe about 20% compost ...

I don't know the name for this one. It's quite beautiful. It's now mid season for lilies. The orientals are just beginning. ...

While the irises were blooming, I diligently transferred pollen among varieties. I may have pollinated 30 flowers - lost count. Of those, ...