Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Hollywood Plum after 1 season of growth. 10.18.14  I replanted some of the fruit trees and a grape vine that I started in the raised bed...

 The order from Raintree Nursery came today.  I've ordered from them many times.  As always, very well packaged.  The packing is shred...

By necessity the yard is in a state of benign neglect now. Fortunately I did a lot of pruning and clean up in previous weeks. Nice the fru...

There are many conflicting versions regarding how to sprout wild plum, and other stone fruit seeds. I have a pretty good supply, from colle...

Today (Saturday), I... Weeded the rose bed. This bed now has almost as many fruit trees, brambles, and plants, as roses, but still contains ...

The new plum trees came 2 days ago. The varieties are Hollywood (a more columnar shape, purple leaf, nice blooming, purple plum, partially ...

These came on the 14th, planted on the 15th. They were bought via maile order from RaintreeNursery.com. Impressive bare root trees, strong r...

Here is a photo of Ning's Pond, Dec. 15, 2005. The fish are visible under the clear sheet of undisturbed ice. Nice to have some perspect...