Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Oh, if only you could smell this Aerides falcata at the UW Botany Greenhouse! WOW!

I wish all blueberries were this big!

Friday, July 23, 2010

Generous nurseries gave away plants to PPA attendees and anyone who happen to walk by. Love it!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Russian spies, an Israeli computer scientist, and a Filipino-American Gardener

What do they have in common?


This bizarre story:

Russian spies were recently convicted in Virginia a few weeks ago and the buzz around Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood has been the apartment building where two used to live; a young couple by the name of Patricia Mills and Michael Zottoli. To those who knew them, they were quiet, friendly, and were the ideal tenants according to the apartment managers, who happen to be friends of mine.

About three years ago, I was sort of involved with a computer scientist from Israel who hired me to design and assemble a few containers for a deck on the top floor.
While things didn't quite work out between us, the three original containers multiplied as the interest in plants and gardening grew (according to the managers who lived next door who let me go on their balcony to check on my plantings to make sure they were being taken care of). haha





So apparently, my container plantings and their excessive need for water being on a hot, exposed, southwestern exposure pissed off a couple Russian spies.

Oh, here's what the containers looked like. The small one made it on an issue of Fine Gardening magazine last year!!





CRAZY!!!!!!!


R

Monday, July 5, 2010

Trying these for the first time, OMFG...who knew fungus could taste so amazingly good!