Hello again! I’ve been writing about this garden for over seven years, but haven’t posted with the Six on Saturday gang since last fall. Now I’m ready to dip my toe back into the enormous ocean of posts that devoted gardeners worldwide share each Saturday. What a great group, led by The Propagator! I hope to find the verve to contribute at least monthly.
ONE – Mid-spring on our mountain means daffodils have almost faded, except for some of the late Delnashaugh, and more tulips are opening each day. We don’t have much success with tulips returning, so I treat them as annuals. That said, we plunked some bulbs from faded “perennial” tulips into soil around our biggest Douglas fir tree late last spring and many of them made a showing. Here are the remaining blooms, and yes, forsythia is still in bloom in the background.
TWO – Two years ago, the greenhouse was installed and ever since has been a huge boon to our garden. Early morning, when the light first streams through, is one of my favorite times to be working in the space.
THREE – I successfully overwintered plenty of veggies, from carrots to kale, in their raised beds under mini hoop houses. Swiss chard ‘Bright Lights’ rarely disappoints, and this basket was filled with leaves from chard planted early autumn 2020. (And how ’bout that beautiful garden basket? A Christmas gift from beautiful daughters!) A portion of the bed is still producing chard, while the rest is filled with various lettuces.
FOUR – Up on Chicken Hill, beneath a young Rainier cherry tree, a bunch of Anemone sylvestris ‘Madonna Snowdrop’ are lovely as their petals open in the morning sun. A cloudy afternoon, and their petals close up again. I’m sure glad I started these from tiny seeds a few years ago. Next year: more, please!
FIVE – We’re having the exterior of our house painted this month, and it will be an enormous project. I’m already sweating the care and protection of plants in the danger zones. The front exterior has been filled with the fragrance of Hyacinth orientalis in a riot of pastel colors I can appreciate only in springtime. Next to bloom will be the rhododendrons, if they all survive the painting. We removed the gigantic Clematis Montana from the white pillar in preparation, and it’s already springing back to life.
SIX – It’s fitting to end on a sweet, if weedy note. These woodland forget-me-nots, Myosotis sylvatica, pop up all over Coppertop, as they’re known to do around the world. They invite us to bend in close for detail, appreciating the moment in the garden.
Gardens at Coppertop 
What a lovely greenhouse, I’m not surprised that you relish your early mornings there. Beautiful anemones, plants are always more precious when we grow them from seed, I do like these white ones. Your daughter has great taste, what a great present!
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Thanks! I really needed a new basket and am pleased with the capacity of this one. Enjoy your week in the garden!
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It’s a beautiful day in your neighborhood, and I’m having first class greenhouse envy. 🙂
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I love visiting your neighborhood, too, Judy!
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Hello March, my greenhouse looks a lot like yours: almost the same dimensions except that the door of mine is on a side.
I’m amazed to see the tulip bulbs growing under this fir because for having tried, planting large bulbs is an impossible mission around a big tree.. You are lucky.
Painting your house seemed like a lot of work! Are you and your husband doing this or is it a company ? Good luck !
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Good to see you again, Fred! It was nice to have those tulips return this year. No, we’re hiring a painter because it is a massive job — the house has 3 floors…
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Your vegetable beds look tidy and lush. Just planted some swiss chard and leaf lettuce mix in a few of our pots.
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Happy eating, Jason!
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Nice chard! Mine never gets that large. It probably heats up too much for it too soon. What a lovely greenhouse, I’d sit in that chair by the hour!
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I would welcome you in for a visit, and we’d pull in a second chair!
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What a lovely greenhouse and your vegetable garden is straight out of Beatrix Potter!
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You are kind!
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That is a very handsome greenhouse you have, and what a beautiful outlook it has! I feel I could spend hours in there, just looking and enjoying!
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I do appreciate the greenhouse and its location, Ah, but there’s always work to accomplish! The white chair just helps me do work at the gravel level without kneeling on the sharp gravel. Ha!
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Forget me not sure is rich blue. Ours is more like sky blue. It finished a while ago, although I got a picture for my Six.
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Yes, after looking at yours, I see ours are quite a bit deeper, Tony.
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Those myosotis are a beautiful colour. Good luck with the painting…
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Thanks, Megan! It will be an exercise in patience, I’m sure.
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It’s all looking lovely March! A coincidence that I saw that Anemone for the first time at the garden centre today… resisted buying one though as my trolley was so full I hardly made it to the till! LOL! By the way, your greenhouse is great. Is the roof shaded?
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Hi there, Cathy! Garden centers (or nurseries, as we call them here) are extremely tempting, especially this time of year. I’m sure you made amazing selections. Our greenhouse is not shaded, but the roof is ribbed poly instead of the glass the sides are, and does deflect light. Right now all is covered with a thick coat of pollen — providing some shade! hahaha
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Good to see you here again, a chara. Everything is looking wonderful. I too love the Myosotis. They are just beautiful.
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It’s nice to be back among avid gardeners! Thank you for visiting again. I’m off to see your garden now. 🙂
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