Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Today I pruned the cherry trees in the Vancouver yard.  I cut back all new growth to about 5 buds, trimmed back a few older branches.  Cut o...

No photos today.  Doesn't look like much. I mowed the little orchard , until rain started.  I used the grass catcher, and collected gr...

No photos today. Pruned grapes. I usually do that on New Year's day. This is a little later, but not bad. There were more dead canes ...

Today I pruned the rest of the grape vines . I pruned them back to 2 to 3 nodes of last year's growth, then thinned out a few of those a...

This is considered the "wrong time" to prune roses. However, I see it done now, and earlier, around my neighborhood and their'...

Each year, I prune grapevines on New Year's Day. It's a good way to remember to do it. Plus, I don't have to remember "It...

Shaping the young tree will avoid removing larger branches, later. This seed-grown Ginkgo is in prior photos on this blog, now about 7 fee...

I don't know how it started. Each year within a few days of New Year's day, I prune the grape vines. This year, new year's day w...

This is actually from New year's Weekend. I pruned the back yard roses down to about 18 inches, and thinned out old dead-looking and scr...

"Vancouver" found variety. As noted before, possibly Brunswick/Magnolia/Dalmation. Pruned to spurs of 1-2 buds of last year'...

Here is the arbor before pruning. I read that it's necessary to remove 90% of the previous year's growth. These vines are Interlaken...

Here is another lily. I didn't have a chance yet to photograph the Casa Blanca in the back yard - clearly one of the finest. Huge wh...

This rose is "Jane Austin". It resulted from a cutting-grown plant. The shrub is about 3 years old. In 2006, it bloomed sporadical...

Actually I pruned them a couple of weeks ago. Here they are today.

This gateway arch was built 2 years ago from Home Depot scraps. It seemed like a good way to convert unusable yard space into productive ga...

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...