tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940565243644483722024-03-12T22:02:59.585-07:00Marigold and MintMarigold and Mint is a Seattle-based farm and shop specializing in organic flowers and edibles.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-69246313548387262862012-03-20T18:54:00.010-07:002012-03-21T16:15:37.447-07:00Dad's Daffodils<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyKXo2hrtMNMHIE-CyTvIAohwZlGVvS7u1vUiUj6Df3bqJtSDp2rY9Y34_m__j_WfbG8TzpXVYb54hjG5LM0-ayCTidxd0HSTr5JJK_pJCTudlQIo0GiRHNYNbwaYRj6TGo0tvQ5NTlE/s1600/DSC_0118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyKXo2hrtMNMHIE-CyTvIAohwZlGVvS7u1vUiUj6Df3bqJtSDp2rY9Y34_m__j_WfbG8TzpXVYb54hjG5LM0-ayCTidxd0HSTr5JJK_pJCTudlQIo0GiRHNYNbwaYRj6TGo0tvQ5NTlE/s400/DSC_0118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722177506162821810" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am up in the San Juan Islands for my first annual Marigold and Mint corporate retreat. Number in attendance: 1. Seriously, I feel enormously lucky to have a few days to step back from the farm and shop and think about the big picture of the business. I also came to check on the daffodils my Dad planted from my surplus in the fall. Turns out he had some work planned for me, too: before I left Seattle he loaded down my car with native perennials. Now that the wind has stopped howling I will plant them today in his fenced garden-in-the-woods.<br /><br />Between all the serious corporate business I am hard at work tackling (in the form of: thinking, staring at the ocean, thinking, having a cup of coffee, taking some notes, staring at the ocean again), I am taking breaks to collect moss and nettles for the shop, as well as the odd bits of animal bones scattered in the woods. They must be good for something.</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">When I told Sarah, my farmer friend who helped me start my fields four years ago, that I was up here, she said: "Best of Luck, you are the CEO and migrant labor force all rolled into one! Makes it tough, but easy, at the same time." Not to discount the help I do have at the farm when I bring a few part-time people on in the summer, but she has hit on some of the best and worst parts of the job I've created for myself. To save money I do much of the farming myself (and because I want to be in the fields), but then I end up being stretched pretty thin: not enough time at the shop, not enough at the farm, working weekends when I'd rather be with my family. All things to sort out up here.</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Speaking of work, I was at the farm on Sunday, taking care of the anemones:</span><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei_iCJC9SC15_Le_lGjYphk3Wd-ZU-eoYCQ4iqEf-dBioDvWBrnGyjg3JoRNDjs_wiiLPLpBLm6XaDSkxA1uG_rj3fgHI1lO2ZFPMCnmue3uTzl-6GjCjUz3xYMKihCE4gtkeg5MBUDo/s1600/DSC_0100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei_iCJC9SC15_Le_lGjYphk3Wd-ZU-eoYCQ4iqEf-dBioDvWBrnGyjg3JoRNDjs_wiiLPLpBLm6XaDSkxA1uG_rj3fgHI1lO2ZFPMCnmue3uTzl-6GjCjUz3xYMKihCE4gtkeg5MBUDo/s400/DSC_0100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722189208656046594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Monitoring the progress of the tulips:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0upYyu6PMspHbFQfwv3ov-DlNQYEjI4sj3gAK4VkWbWQluNhT2HG_41syLnGK80F8ICkr7w0AMkM-DNkWY5ZF3uD2Z5JtwCdC0xxSCWJo614xjXFArWKK4SDPkDHbbJ52X0RAHulqCo/s1600/DSC_0105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0upYyu6PMspHbFQfwv3ov-DlNQYEjI4sj3gAK4VkWbWQluNhT2HG_41syLnGK80F8ICkr7w0AMkM-DNkWY5ZF3uD2Z5JtwCdC0xxSCWJo614xjXFArWKK4SDPkDHbbJ52X0RAHulqCo/s400/DSC_0105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722188212016421698" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VQCLeUm5tunHrkBrEraXk2QbLhkIA8dEP-aV3meJhcTVSe6uHH8YaitS03gZjhhH4V0VpgMppM-egPhCePO-sncjpbxBgbz0JQqgv0EpQN2dZMqeX8S9HhBFtNruY4MQOR-Lamgva7U/s1600/DSC_0106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VQCLeUm5tunHrkBrEraXk2QbLhkIA8dEP-aV3meJhcTVSe6uHH8YaitS03gZjhhH4V0VpgMppM-egPhCePO-sncjpbxBgbz0JQqgv0EpQN2dZMqeX8S9HhBFtNruY4MQOR-Lamgva7U/s400/DSC_0106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722182749561633522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And weeding some of my herbs. I harvested the first flush of spring sorrel (behind the chives). It wasn't enough to bring into the shop, so I made some mint and sorrel salad instead!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j5B7UAa0O-rwqI5lIx7CaKHPsZd69N70tNpjqQscHaV-hm3we1Nz_w_fEZrKw6FQEo9JGQLphTCeiCG5kQ12wiZdZ5oc18AB2Jts3afjrA1J0pd7M3GVIl-wpP2zOxStX2-ypuBtER0/s1600/DSC_0112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9j5B7UAa0O-rwqI5lIx7CaKHPsZd69N70tNpjqQscHaV-hm3we1Nz_w_fEZrKw6FQEo9JGQLphTCeiCG5kQ12wiZdZ5oc18AB2Jts3afjrA1J0pd7M3GVIl-wpP2zOxStX2-ypuBtER0/s400/DSC_0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722179066447991298" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:arial;"><br style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;">Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-12082062500997932422012-03-12T21:16:00.004-07:002012-03-12T21:33:27.887-07:00March 8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UUZxLf_ZeTKA-xQXWYuvc-ddQef4CWVgioEPYkWBzBvWxXilZqhkj127wpXzsjEuTwZ3oi0JU03z0LIqAjFF5cnyPPtLsQd4Re6W-LUwHXuvTBzQGY0ODvpecrcs1fVAuBOV-VWU0x0/s1600/IMG_4162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UUZxLf_ZeTKA-xQXWYuvc-ddQef4CWVgioEPYkWBzBvWxXilZqhkj127wpXzsjEuTwZ3oi0JU03z0LIqAjFF5cnyPPtLsQd4Re6W-LUwHXuvTBzQGY0ODvpecrcs1fVAuBOV-VWU0x0/s400/IMG_4162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719231482565072578" border="0" /></a><br />Stealing a dry day between weeks of rain, I snuck in time to clean up my bed of cardoons. This is the first year I've had so many overwinter, so I am crossing my fingers to hope to haves buckets of spiny blooms to bring into the shop this summer. The first time I saw them for sale was at a flower shop in Lucca, Italy, about 5 years ago, where the florist took time to talk with me about them, and the generations of florists in his family.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifewYIDWldcc5y5muUZY97iYVe6nHTJp3jan4bhrF0Aupr5Isw8d7XLNLvpD7-__PCDbTcEiFlZlN0j2QVZNj2HJEcB-1_YtB6eC0OZiYOXnRUvscHG5QHal4bIP3cWD9b1BGmAD_zhdk/s1600/IMG_4166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifewYIDWldcc5y5muUZY97iYVe6nHTJp3jan4bhrF0Aupr5Isw8d7XLNLvpD7-__PCDbTcEiFlZlN0j2QVZNj2HJEcB-1_YtB6eC0OZiYOXnRUvscHG5QHal4bIP3cWD9b1BGmAD_zhdk/s400/IMG_4166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719231490132727698" border="0" /></a>I also got blood meal down on the bulbs, and alfalfa on my roses. My roses look HORRIBLE. I need to give them a lot more attention this year, and/or move them to drier ground. I recently ordered another 75 bushes so I've got to get my arms around taking care of these. For starters, I know they need more consistent water in the summer and more than the neglect-breeds-strength approach that works surprisingly well with a lot of my flowers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovHYfDH81TELcPs0fhnEA1FuwEEa3wn6RwIowj_CiyXdCBGQY1yBpeDcpiU31hZOwK2ZrvoZO8Vg0khw-WriRj3VNdKRrRkLyhkm5Du7F1w0b95ToPgyxNX5EBFpk72rHTI6YSl4azUg/s1600/IMG_4158.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovHYfDH81TELcPs0fhnEA1FuwEEa3wn6RwIowj_CiyXdCBGQY1yBpeDcpiU31hZOwK2ZrvoZO8Vg0khw-WriRj3VNdKRrRkLyhkm5Du7F1w0b95ToPgyxNX5EBFpk72rHTI6YSl4azUg/s400/IMG_4158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719231134016695410" border="0" /></a>Last of all I repaired some drip tape, pruned some herbs and perennials, and got compost tea down on my anemones and ranunculus. And here's the first harvest of a bunch on anemones. I am so happy to see their pretty faces!Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-8912099921959229772012-02-21T20:56:00.004-08:002012-02-21T21:06:13.528-08:00Gray on Gray<blockquote><br />Just had to share this beautiful piece we made for an architect's birthday party!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyFuLV2BOLq5E5Ymjfz3GXjgwGfNOob2Y5-pw8JtJmiJbR5-hhVBeIx5WOrWyP7aUN6WMHPJxTlk3ZSchERMcuy6nImLL38my10O1vaSW-JvdtBnS68rbKdROHvyE_4EDpDtDryeHuBc/s1600/brita.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyFuLV2BOLq5E5Ymjfz3GXjgwGfNOob2Y5-pw8JtJmiJbR5-hhVBeIx5WOrWyP7aUN6WMHPJxTlk3ZSchERMcuy6nImLL38my10O1vaSW-JvdtBnS68rbKdROHvyE_4EDpDtDryeHuBc/s400/brita.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711820491320619138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyFuLV2BOLq5E5Ymjfz3GXjgwGfNOob2Y5-pw8JtJmiJbR5-hhVBeIx5WOrWyP7aUN6WMHPJxTlk3ZSchERMcuy6nImLL38my10O1vaSW-JvdtBnS68rbKdROHvyE_4EDpDtDryeHuBc/s1600/brita.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3VSrn8WXvGcW-oQ_mmFgcwoS6cfTBdwz1s3zfhl9kdCJeFs7S9jWgPIlh2fTkzTK4NwBntG-qDx7lOCduNBm5E0Yqf-ZO1gmcRXr_8gQ0bPYpoT3vs_qXyyEdSxhga9P3SwYvMcafPU/s1600/brita2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 530px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3VSrn8WXvGcW-oQ_mmFgcwoS6cfTBdwz1s3zfhl9kdCJeFs7S9jWgPIlh2fTkzTK4NwBntG-qDx7lOCduNBm5E0Yqf-ZO1gmcRXr_8gQ0bPYpoT3vs_qXyyEdSxhga9P3SwYvMcafPU/s400/brita2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711820934312947858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-12254604017403173882012-02-07T09:01:00.000-08:002012-02-07T09:14:19.457-08:00February 6, 2012<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjk7x0FzfAoQJglJWJS6ONqG52XcfR43Nx2glJdTnKw4pYfh1tujl8i06o9lWuZAGy4omOkOXagGnghkFY8NLwmrUPwB_TulOU0I5kXjBHeChtHEYJLMp4iuvBNfPNJeIvGsnSYyec1Q/s1600/fingers.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjk7x0FzfAoQJglJWJS6ONqG52XcfR43Nx2glJdTnKw4pYfh1tujl8i06o9lWuZAGy4omOkOXagGnghkFY8NLwmrUPwB_TulOU0I5kXjBHeChtHEYJLMp4iuvBNfPNJeIvGsnSYyec1Q/s400/fingers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706440365070782018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">No matter how hard I try, I can't get the dirt completely out of my fingernails. Well, I can with a stiff nailbrush, but when I wash my hands at the farm to break for lunch, there always seems to be this residue.<br /><br />The sun has been shining for days in Seattle, a real treat, and a signal that it's time for me to start working regularly at the farm again, getting ready for spring. I'm going to try and get back in the habit of using this space to track what is happening on the farm, with the occasional break for photos of work coming out of the shop.<br /><br />In that vein:<br /><br />Today I replaced segments of drip tape that were leaking too much in the anemones. The anemones and ranunculus in the hoophouse are maybe 4 - 6" high right now, a bit behind last year, but coming along. I then found some real satisfaction cleaning up the herb beds. I used my favorite tool, the hula hoe, to do a light weed and loosen the soil, and then cut back the cardoons so that only the center leaves remain. I'm thinking of ditching the lovage and marjoram beds -- nobody buys them -- and adding two more beds of alpine strawberries.<br /><br />That's a start for now.<br /><br /><br /></span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-37508092869141761142011-10-13T20:01:00.000-07:002011-10-13T20:03:27.767-07:00Join Us Halloween Weekend.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTpIlojwI0pZHtiVxS34bQIvsa1nBgEfqt_DBYWvFeVkVbPPZhicpFFa_WYPDGpRjdaWbFjdy3bkITHlWeV1IFZg70u3DLCQtUjzfDil9vtzSYzusrbvRs1OMCDECJs6oauEBAWK6Grg/s1600/HalloweenMaskPosterForWeb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTpIlojwI0pZHtiVxS34bQIvsa1nBgEfqt_DBYWvFeVkVbPPZhicpFFa_WYPDGpRjdaWbFjdy3bkITHlWeV1IFZg70u3DLCQtUjzfDil9vtzSYzusrbvRs1OMCDECJs6oauEBAWK6Grg/s400/HalloweenMaskPosterForWeb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663177843450908594" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-37791512775207912332011-07-19T21:44:00.000-07:002011-07-19T21:52:38.049-07:00Sweet Peas and Peonies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnjLEBwhQfz1JEwthcdYh-LLA39xAtu9-ywfCrSAXzmu62VDo0iR7m6_trw-FU8zoZJ_HIA6LV4Qn759ZUOzTm-yKR9RWAzi7eVtl9V8Y8ilb7ytM7NHCpwkpDrTU6Uyxk7Dm6Khyphenhyphenyzk/s1600/DSC_0080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnjLEBwhQfz1JEwthcdYh-LLA39xAtu9-ywfCrSAXzmu62VDo0iR7m6_trw-FU8zoZJ_HIA6LV4Qn759ZUOzTm-yKR9RWAzi7eVtl9V8Y8ilb7ytM7NHCpwkpDrTU6Uyxk7Dm6Khyphenhyphenyzk/s400/DSC_0080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631291293114938882" border="0" /></a><br />Peonies first, then sweet peas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhApod27lv_JwJypf3MgvNPnHCM7fH3t4zTok6-xhaltCWJvLw83gzC_ypAK4QgF-ARLFnNKGNeIoHVRxPmjQp7Ncuj1EBNNch7Wlx9YgG7prcZKXbJ6ykhg5oMas8zbZjuQL6TXDFpGs/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhApod27lv_JwJypf3MgvNPnHCM7fH3t4zTok6-xhaltCWJvLw83gzC_ypAK4QgF-ARLFnNKGNeIoHVRxPmjQp7Ncuj1EBNNch7Wlx9YgG7prcZKXbJ6ykhg5oMas8zbZjuQL6TXDFpGs/s400/DSC_0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631291288270639186" border="0" /></a><br />These are what stand out in summer on the farm from June to July.<br />Read our columns on each in Garden Design. <a href="http://www.gardendesign.com/how-to/peonies-and-garden-roses">Peonies</a>. <a href="http://www.gardendesign.com/how-to/growing-and-arranging-sweet-peas">Sweet Peas</a>.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-61494896347489846632011-06-27T07:34:00.003-07:002011-06-27T07:56:43.721-07:00Morning in the living room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S8uc2gAXtQ_CZRR7U6xeIpDcrkj0rDVweGs_i4vQ_0qIhyphenhyphenz9o8JrbEY0Xd2vZnR5wsgzsEVhQpK1Wu3fCCWa-ZK7uJKsd5Nm3yM7boIyiBeuFqKT5yCfJ3g31TCTTj3muNekxqNJidM/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S8uc2gAXtQ_CZRR7U6xeIpDcrkj0rDVweGs_i4vQ_0qIhyphenhyphenz9o8JrbEY0Xd2vZnR5wsgzsEVhQpK1Wu3fCCWa-ZK7uJKsd5Nm3yM7boIyiBeuFqKT5yCfJ3g31TCTTj3muNekxqNJidM/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622913343245418418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTH_MAMd3BQAkMm6Snnv1n6aFMPX0eQD5LKV7wcm8i9p9t_17jf30KLRrW7paiecRW3M-7Bfv5FeBs4RiQELcW_a322izc0BJaLfhAWgnKWJWxPoGuaqJTwTQ09l_jEx0fNMzP-rkYso/s1600/%2528null%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTH_MAMd3BQAkMm6Snnv1n6aFMPX0eQD5LKV7wcm8i9p9t_17jf30KLRrW7paiecRW3M-7Bfv5FeBs4RiQELcW_a322izc0BJaLfhAWgnKWJWxPoGuaqJTwTQ09l_jEx0fNMzP-rkYso/s400/%2528null%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622913331209780354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I love these poppies from my friend Erin's farm. I've got to grow them next year!</span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-75485840980246269342011-06-15T06:55:00.001-07:002011-06-15T07:00:02.249-07:00Paris Flowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIFcec5wFYoYCa1kR7LOyT_qxCsjBiOAMYrw5_-tD182AB2dumJ7c30l3W0DWwZVyj4Ccdm1Cv41GexKSxirXZoxSbmexNKdeX4cx7BIe68iTBKqSbihfRdWrEOpiDj24RLaum_0KavQ/s1600/IMG_2750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIFcec5wFYoYCa1kR7LOyT_qxCsjBiOAMYrw5_-tD182AB2dumJ7c30l3W0DWwZVyj4Ccdm1Cv41GexKSxirXZoxSbmexNKdeX4cx7BIe68iTBKqSbihfRdWrEOpiDj24RLaum_0KavQ/s400/IMG_2750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618445514462099378" border="0" /></a><br />I just back from Paris (and Morocco) hunting for inspiration for the shop. There was a lot more than I can fit in one post, but here's a first pass, in my latest blog for Garden Design. Take a look:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gardendesign.com/how-to/notes-from-a-flower-farm-the-flowers-of-paris">Paris Fleurs</a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-59892180036736073952011-04-29T18:08:00.000-07:002011-04-29T18:09:53.937-07:00Mother's Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JpozuQcH8Ms2wBEKbrn4fqMOJQjr101OchAN0FJ_iegrqX5go_W0j7834sZzc80568yQQOFZOVH2IbR0SH8XSM7YSie4S0YuHGtEqQoDxIDZoR5NFUVBAmf5MLnMzpRxIyojfJLNa7s/s1600/mothers-day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JpozuQcH8Ms2wBEKbrn4fqMOJQjr101OchAN0FJ_iegrqX5go_W0j7834sZzc80568yQQOFZOVH2IbR0SH8XSM7YSie4S0YuHGtEqQoDxIDZoR5NFUVBAmf5MLnMzpRxIyojfJLNa7s/s400/mothers-day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601177490035908322" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-87150957440497102532011-04-27T10:36:00.000-07:002011-04-27T10:38:05.935-07:00Seattle Magazine article<span style="font-family: arial;">This is a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.seattlemag.com/article/lifestyle/outdoors/goods-woods-local-forest-table-movement">lovely article</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Seattle Magazine about the foraging we do in the woods.</span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-80855684872223346312011-04-16T19:44:00.000-07:002011-04-16T20:09:53.046-07:00Easter Charm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I-fTqdhsLOwgp9P2_OlR-jDQxQfYKXntKf4imrOwODhXENVIy18COWiNkamZjdwsvB7UVeLKn70ZtfbTQueKtaDDa7rB6ijE5GMbmK9GZh-41QMn8BPM4z8V1GXYzEwuuUS5kR47SZM/s1600/DSC_0181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I-fTqdhsLOwgp9P2_OlR-jDQxQfYKXntKf4imrOwODhXENVIy18COWiNkamZjdwsvB7UVeLKn70ZtfbTQueKtaDDa7rB6ijE5GMbmK9GZh-41QMn8BPM4z8V1GXYzEwuuUS5kR47SZM/s400/DSC_0181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596379164980302498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">I love everything about Easter: the lamb, the girls in pretty dresses, the golden eggs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If you do too, stop in at the shop which is full of goodies from the farm (daffodils, a few early herbs, the prettiest tulips) as well as Maison Bouche Easter chocolate and Kata Golda's adorable bunny puppets, eggs, and little cups. Or call the shop at 206-682-3111 to order Easter arrangements.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh, and I've got two more Garden Design posts up:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">One on </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.gardendesign.com/how-to/yellow-bouquet-and-arrangements">yellow arrangements</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and another on designing with </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.gardendesign.com/succulents-decorating?cmpid=fb">succulents</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. These are so much fun to write and photograph.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally there's a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/melrose-market-cook-like-a-food-artisan">great story</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> in the May issue of Food and Wine magazine about the Melrose Market. Definitely worth a read if you are interested in the market.</span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-69536848504233451472011-03-16T07:08:00.001-07:002011-03-16T07:11:59.673-07:00A Passion for Purple Flowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeHGO1uBLf0sDafISc7q30PsvYu8Vg9SkitwuAv5yo11J4CLf9K2IE4As4coghm9v4g55SyJHzByaJt5-fdsbF5N6t3sx27wZwujjIlvpsFDT-R4jrtFUlPppP03tP5WAEWrd3wREZg4/s1600/DSC_0161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeHGO1uBLf0sDafISc7q30PsvYu8Vg9SkitwuAv5yo11J4CLf9K2IE4As4coghm9v4g55SyJHzByaJt5-fdsbF5N6t3sx27wZwujjIlvpsFDT-R4jrtFUlPppP03tP5WAEWrd3wREZg4/s400/DSC_0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584679835317517234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Take a look at our </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.gardendesign.com/purple-bouquets">latest blog</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> for Garden Design. Love those purple blooms!</span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-18801481243053966722011-03-07T16:54:00.000-08:002011-03-07T16:59:33.578-08:00Felt and Flower Classes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5N3ApzlETWx6i2NUgH5XNTOFgSuGvXxoyJki_4SvC3-C8ds2PPuQD16OuAuyMM_9O6t63sNey6zAbpakkRyZXm8I70RRfWvFTUMOUVESdGCnmxetadP-NBwEAL8K8Yu96JoSas3fIjY/s1600/IMG_6058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5N3ApzlETWx6i2NUgH5XNTOFgSuGvXxoyJki_4SvC3-C8ds2PPuQD16OuAuyMM_9O6t63sNey6zAbpakkRyZXm8I70RRfWvFTUMOUVESdGCnmxetadP-NBwEAL8K8Yu96JoSas3fIjY/s400/IMG_6058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581507194499917234" border="0" /></a><br />We are thrilled to announce that local artist <a href="http://katagolda.com">Kata Golda</a> is coming to Marigold and Mint to teach a felt class on Wednesday, March 16th. The class will be making stuffed bunnies; materials and tools are included, no experience is necessary, and of course you get to take your Easter bunny home. From 6 - 9:30pm in the shop; limit 6 students. A week later, on Wednesday, March 23rd, we will be teaching a spring flower arranging class. Also in the evening. Limit 8. <p>To save your spot call the shop (206-682-3111) or email us (info@marigoldandmint.com). Each class costs $100.</p>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-1715440117708791272011-02-13T22:31:00.001-08:002011-02-13T22:40:41.155-08:00Anemones in the Hoophouse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMZRFMRjKPsrTFcmMcH6C5EStVmPceqBo9eWklETGyhEcFScridvlLbt5lYenCpa_w-LdlwAY_G5-J3Zd0IxJfxY53ym_PjWkNolUQdMA9CEh2OOUtsvlV4txETWyJLay_c5EOiG0b08/s1600/DSC_0350.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMZRFMRjKPsrTFcmMcH6C5EStVmPceqBo9eWklETGyhEcFScridvlLbt5lYenCpa_w-LdlwAY_G5-J3Zd0IxJfxY53ym_PjWkNolUQdMA9CEh2OOUtsvlV4txETWyJLay_c5EOiG0b08/s400/DSC_0350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573429879191507682" border="0" /></a><br />This is my first season growing anemones, and my first season using a hoophouse. I am in love with their ethereal beauty!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1o9ergNXM796DwxGloJXrwpLz-ohpV6yDu6Gpdn9mxzgEOhjlITy8az8VZICnWUaIr5FcYpx4bK9-6ptImIQJtOptpNkcYHFtFEK8_FHiKMPbIkvMIfczfNHWoegLqIZ7YgjTh7u77o/s1600/DSC_0347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1o9ergNXM796DwxGloJXrwpLz-ohpV6yDu6Gpdn9mxzgEOhjlITy8az8VZICnWUaIr5FcYpx4bK9-6ptImIQJtOptpNkcYHFtFEK8_FHiKMPbIkvMIfczfNHWoegLqIZ7YgjTh7u77o/s400/DSC_0347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573429866267978194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCTgRmCggmv50K_WZ2mn-DLx99XT6xXqM1RzvcMffm2kHUmNYXzDUGZ1gIrO2snMNwqtoyol897NCoPUqBFuGWn89czK6v40sqekAy5GgMLEk7LqzuSEcg3tMGdcnIHgtufcnxSMykAg/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCTgRmCggmv50K_WZ2mn-DLx99XT6xXqM1RzvcMffm2kHUmNYXzDUGZ1gIrO2snMNwqtoyol897NCoPUqBFuGWn89czK6v40sqekAy5GgMLEk7LqzuSEcg3tMGdcnIHgtufcnxSMykAg/s400/DSC_0352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573429863864124482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FZOH1izUKu-7mznpgzLkkqllYsTszuyUOnmcU6B2tX0KlbDCXCDXz8BsCvqyNF1bQukeA43wAYpnrS7uHmMWzuBTE3x3UhqcCIbijWkTISR3wTEkKOU-8FaOxLnQTFkTuuhPaHyyBb0/s1600/DSC_0341.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FZOH1izUKu-7mznpgzLkkqllYsTszuyUOnmcU6B2tX0KlbDCXCDXz8BsCvqyNF1bQukeA43wAYpnrS7uHmMWzuBTE3x3UhqcCIbijWkTISR3wTEkKOU-8FaOxLnQTFkTuuhPaHyyBb0/s400/DSC_0341.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573429858890499474" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-30209800415117605662011-02-10T18:53:00.000-08:002011-02-11T23:08:55.917-08:00Valentine Posies<span style="font-family:arial;">Just a quick note to say that I have started a regular online column for Garden Design magazine.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's the first blog post. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.gardendesign.com/valentines-day-0">Do-it-yourself valentines</a><span style="font-family:arial;">!</span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-38187257638189556122011-02-06T16:55:00.000-08:002011-02-06T17:37:43.336-08:00Valentine Flowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj771OqFjENFf0BndClPsvH6Pf-cQ9Iwn-q4EGVzmApDhWtXYFvKr9XivdEWzxtVw_J0la0EmcRxn-CFflrpUAqZOtPPU46pQvDADXU3MrTOe-4jmts6RrB9TUNcKm_p4KHOPBNBih85yU/s1600/IMG_1616.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj771OqFjENFf0BndClPsvH6Pf-cQ9Iwn-q4EGVzmApDhWtXYFvKr9XivdEWzxtVw_J0la0EmcRxn-CFflrpUAqZOtPPU46pQvDADXU3MrTOe-4jmts6RrB9TUNcKm_p4KHOPBNBih85yU/s400/IMG_1616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570746471899214050" border="0" /></a><br />Time to place your orders for Valentine's Day! Arrangements for delivery start at $50.<br />Consider including some Maison Bouche or Cocoa chocolates too. We can be reached at the shop (206-682-3111) during the day between 10 and 7 or email us (info@marigoldandmint.com) anytime.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-76992932008870594942011-01-19T19:27:00.000-08:002011-01-19T19:53:51.489-08:00Underwater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CCzyiHtBJaP-qkA5CvVPRnOnMdOwUqgSq0-e2Xoc-HxRxRp-dZgFAQGCETqHFXC_IyE6DRPC59JJ3SxpSkGfkW9tjlVXr2Nj7JFsMmvf1iD8ORCy_lmPQ8hhN-kR62PDT7IJTMI3mCE/s1600/flood"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CCzyiHtBJaP-qkA5CvVPRnOnMdOwUqgSq0-e2Xoc-HxRxRp-dZgFAQGCETqHFXC_IyE6DRPC59JJ3SxpSkGfkW9tjlVXr2Nj7JFsMmvf1iD8ORCy_lmPQ8hhN-kR62PDT7IJTMI3mCE/s320/flood" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564104899249805746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mid-January has brought the flood. My stellar farm employee Shondell tried to get out to the farm on Monday to check on things, but said she couldn't get there, having forgotten her arc. What you are seeing in the above photo is the view from the high road, looking down onto the submerged farm road and the edge of the flower field.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My daughter and I ventured out today, two days later, to see how or if things had settled. The bridge we normally take over the river and across the valley was still underwater so we forged on, driving north and across the valley at a higher road, and then back down through Duvall to get to the farm.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Like Shondell, we still couldn't drive into the farm, the first section of the entry road being rutted and torn apart by the water. Luckily there were 6 guys working on fixing that. Slipping on our boots (which would prove to fail at least one of us), Vivian and I walked the fields. The beds were scoured, with silt and gravel washed through them. The good news is that the vast number of our bulbs didn't seem to have moved significantly. The bad news is that the top layer of soil was washed away on these beds and so Shondell and I will need to move in and start covering things back up and pressing them down in. We lost a few precious peonies, and maybe three dozen new perennials. But it could have been a lot worse.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIjil-QUrBUUEkyuGhHiwYixOn8jzK9dEwDFA_KQLSJQb8krcrNfDkc5XcerOMe_7SblQ9ldsfxJDB7Wbh_xspv-_mqtkvlcUbRHKZ7h3zq7y4-emDPmjyUlox8r5kH_77yjGgQhTQKo/s1600/IMG_2039.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIjil-QUrBUUEkyuGhHiwYixOn8jzK9dEwDFA_KQLSJQb8krcrNfDkc5XcerOMe_7SblQ9ldsfxJDB7Wbh_xspv-_mqtkvlcUbRHKZ7h3zq7y4-emDPmjyUlox8r5kH_77yjGgQhTQKo/s320/IMG_2039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564108003704350930" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-family:arial;">As long as we get the bulbs and perennials settled, what I am most worried about are some roses standing in water.<br /><br />As for our walk through the fields? It ended with our boots stuck in the mud, Vivian pulling her feet out and stepping silver sparkling stockinged feet into the earth, falling forward, falling backward, and getting mud on her nose. And then she had to head to singing club!<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCGaNlJBAuFvAbAqs7zSJyNwBbHq3wgC-_CRlmnpyqakYsGm4a-WfsHnNpdFIvhpakeX2VGUZDrgLd4qqbZBi2fYDWIuDsGDT0EqeYaGH8VCMaZRol_8-OJCZM6ku4ZyMRhvM4ipsOKI/s1600/IMG_2034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCGaNlJBAuFvAbAqs7zSJyNwBbHq3wgC-_CRlmnpyqakYsGm4a-WfsHnNpdFIvhpakeX2VGUZDrgLd4qqbZBi2fYDWIuDsGDT0EqeYaGH8VCMaZRol_8-OJCZM6ku4ZyMRhvM4ipsOKI/s320/IMG_2034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564108993139467122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Before leaving we checked on the hoophouse and discovered that January has brought something lovely, too: our first anemone blooms.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDsXRQUJ_DW1U7V46QrsFM_WWGaenSpF6Tepxx1ZNQgeQ6K-pStfDZyUjhhTCmyKiNoJdyRG4TSiZswuqIf6zAmVSlJEUM4ColLHS4-tJKvbgOpdfUKBNRlZDJPdAJoGLF4JhWtEQ1fo/s1600/IMG_2041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDsXRQUJ_DW1U7V46QrsFM_WWGaenSpF6Tepxx1ZNQgeQ6K-pStfDZyUjhhTCmyKiNoJdyRG4TSiZswuqIf6zAmVSlJEUM4ColLHS4-tJKvbgOpdfUKBNRlZDJPdAJoGLF4JhWtEQ1fo/s320/IMG_2041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564108984096209314" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-70000936257794472532010-11-22T22:31:00.001-08:002010-11-23T09:00:31.684-08:00Snow for Thanksgiving<span style="font-family:arial;">The wind is rattling the windows at my house. It's dark and snowy in Seattle and I am sitting here thinking about the fields. The wind must be whipping though the frosty grasses. The dirt must be frozen clods. How is that young cover crop surviving? I am so glad that Shondell and I finished planting all 8,800 bulbs earlier this month. This time last year, we hadn't even started digging the trenches (we were <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> behind). We still need to mulch the peonies and roses, but for now the snow can keep weeds at bay. And the cold keeps the flood risk down -- for now. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I hope the ranunculus and anemones in the hoop house are ok. This is my first year planting them and I'm not sure if I am supposed to be running out there in freezing weather to coddle them. They looked beautiful last week:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-YXV6GdKFg5bq1nfd3lM2SQ_0imzKs5nPfvYPWbEOFnBd0bCsAjRw-Cwheqmh9Y-gBksGNJclTUCbiIEz5Fd5ZFgYhh8ipHspyyRorYEeMy_wjADePDShXZEwWZErsUnT_NkHKSEQG8/s1600/%2528null%2529"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-YXV6GdKFg5bq1nfd3lM2SQ_0imzKs5nPfvYPWbEOFnBd0bCsAjRw-Cwheqmh9Y-gBksGNJclTUCbiIEz5Fd5ZFgYhh8ipHspyyRorYEeMy_wjADePDShXZEwWZErsUnT_NkHKSEQG8/s320/%2528null%2529" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542790183902914738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">With all this weather, I am especially grateful that Adam and Megan at Oxbow got ahead of things and got produce out of the fields and to the shop today. We will have carrots, parsnips, potatoes, cabbage, parsley and shallots, among other Thanksgiving vegetables for Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday. Whew. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />On Saturday Josh and the kids and I visited another kind of garden, the Conservatory in Volunteer Park. The chrysanthemums on display will forever change your mind about the flower. And they even had a few cut ones for sale, which I had to buy because it was my birthday and I knew no one would buy a flower farmer flowers. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-0BZ_DXmz-ivUELv36ZwX1SPHyop1FVLmBJjMwfsCqUdl6jOg5HyKgTFpNpf03UYGzkNAYfGqMpXqalT5iynYydKM0qe00pINZirkZGYqTd67kMELiMx1bk3n3ghgCjKhck_TFRIZkw/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-0BZ_DXmz-ivUELv36ZwX1SPHyop1FVLmBJjMwfsCqUdl6jOg5HyKgTFpNpf03UYGzkNAYfGqMpXqalT5iynYydKM0qe00pINZirkZGYqTd67kMELiMx1bk3n3ghgCjKhck_TFRIZkw/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542787463218534546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-13961524894257572932010-11-01T17:12:00.000-07:002010-11-01T17:15:43.108-07:00Poem for a Melancholy Day<span style="font-family: arial;">YOUNG MAN PICKING FLOWERS</span><br /><br />All at once he is no longer<br />young with his handful of flowers<br />in the bright morning of their fragrance<br />rising from them as though they were<br />still on the stalk where they opened<br />only this morning to the light<br />in which somewhere unseen the thrush<br />goes on singing in perfect song<br />into the day of the flowers<br />and while he stands there holding them<br />the cool dew runs from them onto<br />his hand at this hour of their lives<br />it it the hand of the young man<br />who found them only this morning<br /><br />-- W.S. MerwinKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-80333966935074933262010-10-19T13:52:00.001-07:002010-10-19T14:21:24.223-07:00In a Halloween State of MindOn Sunday I took a trip to the Skagit Valley with my daughter and aunt and we piled the trunk as full as we could with heirloom pumpkins and squash: blue hubbard, cinderella, New Zealand blue, Queensland blue, Australian butter, jarrahdale, acorn..... We have ones for both eating and decorating. I am in love with the ghostly gray greens.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYqOZCVpaLkzamcRgzCZO249HB7IvdoQ8Gz2I4NM_Ao1JprpcRKdxxK-xvw_9YJ6YJS7BCPSenO8om88WCK_HDRgs-kJoRbz9dyb1S8skv0pNfA5Kw1Fnx6mK2rv0o-O4v24bgwQE2uE/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYqOZCVpaLkzamcRgzCZO249HB7IvdoQ8Gz2I4NM_Ao1JprpcRKdxxK-xvw_9YJ6YJS7BCPSenO8om88WCK_HDRgs-kJoRbz9dyb1S8skv0pNfA5Kw1Fnx6mK2rv0o-O4v24bgwQE2uE/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529864604297013154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqR5uhEF9cDwvFQ2ljEcA0OSSfBTsn02wB12zadpWCbS7hVIRDXVNIZybEki1JB904vgNM1wNWufofPVm9vWV9OakGsDJIoaYdJxL55HjEGB4RcL4uGzvqq4F5UucTa6BgzWl7wkjriyU/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqR5uhEF9cDwvFQ2ljEcA0OSSfBTsn02wB12zadpWCbS7hVIRDXVNIZybEki1JB904vgNM1wNWufofPVm9vWV9OakGsDJIoaYdJxL55HjEGB4RcL4uGzvqq4F5UucTa6BgzWl7wkjriyU/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529863485626770578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizI2ib1oATwEXpjWwtqvGnaXFkXPJyFuNN0CLRChfUw4AwxLJE5JEAEOvXxXanxVsH8h_hs5n1ARo5WdW2vwNeySJwRhefi7mkon6F8JSwi6LEAGWvl9p1LsRtdnfsHQl92Wrzsuqovg/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizI2ib1oATwEXpjWwtqvGnaXFkXPJyFuNN0CLRChfUw4AwxLJE5JEAEOvXxXanxVsH8h_hs5n1ARo5WdW2vwNeySJwRhefi7mkon6F8JSwi6LEAGWvl9p1LsRtdnfsHQl92Wrzsuqovg/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529863463565633858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqydpn-JAvmNd4GIgCUZmBPoT02X09dgiN-DvbJLmwe_2imYqVvOQvg74TXlwhgJej9FWP5h8GRw-Mxgvtw9lajQD9oOM4nku2DMdXH91B1Vl8iIelDG_jw78v_nUP8LBnAIvUoqfGAk/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqydpn-JAvmNd4GIgCUZmBPoT02X09dgiN-DvbJLmwe_2imYqVvOQvg74TXlwhgJej9FWP5h8GRw-Mxgvtw9lajQD9oOM4nku2DMdXH91B1Vl8iIelDG_jw78v_nUP8LBnAIvUoqfGAk/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529863448056490386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI8tjILi_7IgN9bKJyZ91lWjobo4MlOyQ3oCEcItIze62S1BchRaSycGPeWWg0Pa62dyLWx1yBXb2OOMIPtfWexorHzY20SjMezcevGlAdSkPfFJmYXulM_e3iJdrKuNp-HTaaEJ4MaM/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI8tjILi_7IgN9bKJyZ91lWjobo4MlOyQ3oCEcItIze62S1BchRaSycGPeWWg0Pa62dyLWx1yBXb2OOMIPtfWexorHzY20SjMezcevGlAdSkPfFJmYXulM_e3iJdrKuNp-HTaaEJ4MaM/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529863443462592402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAZVXIlBoT0DB9lmsGxtVkKWibP407EAQSD42FLRkwDNEZkfQt-HFQbYD7zCg2U59RZD92q_UoDBv3CNaGYmeWiXDyRYCt0m2PbOiMgohxW2nxoXkaZznEO2l0yDMAi4ZTFq9UNi9L10/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAZVXIlBoT0DB9lmsGxtVkKWibP407EAQSD42FLRkwDNEZkfQt-HFQbYD7zCg2U59RZD92q_UoDBv3CNaGYmeWiXDyRYCt0m2PbOiMgohxW2nxoXkaZznEO2l0yDMAi4ZTFq9UNi9L10/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529863436611013858" border="0" /></a>We've also recently received our first shipment from <a href="http://www.riflepaperco.com/">Rifle Paper Co.</a> and the cards are perfect. Check out the Halloween ones we have in stock:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMUm-ET2jQD9GzS6YQobRW8HVmLEAPh_6WT5-irxykyb35r8la2L2sk0GjuG3nP_BdNxugoxiCb6aG6iq8_uCatskP_SrwlXR6x9UdrzO8oodvflwsoSaFxn6BIMEvfYWOpaweTTHqCE/s1600/(null).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMUm-ET2jQD9GzS6YQobRW8HVmLEAPh_6WT5-irxykyb35r8la2L2sk0GjuG3nP_BdNxugoxiCb6aG6iq8_uCatskP_SrwlXR6x9UdrzO8oodvflwsoSaFxn6BIMEvfYWOpaweTTHqCE/s320/(null).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529864613657618098" border="0" /></a>Happy Halloween!<br /></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-41249886462063872832010-09-28T18:39:00.000-07:002010-10-18T16:34:07.022-07:00Fully settled into fall<div>The colors of autumn have fully descended on the shop: deep maroons and oranges from the field, earthy browns in our new pottery from Akiko, the deep hues of fall vegetables. But first, one last glimpse of a late summer wedding bouquet, simply garden roses:</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS-l6lzUNnTcRenu6ehWkfgrNASXahOVQtS7M_ZDwrw1Y7lhWiEunGbb3H7jF2_3qePVsGHh12Fa4vX9N7RHjkpXt7Vhbi13jl8UKg_0Q0HmWFEOXN6noZpLWwFIR3rRl8mN3A5qgv1c/s1600/IMG_1615.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS-l6lzUNnTcRenu6ehWkfgrNASXahOVQtS7M_ZDwrw1Y7lhWiEunGbb3H7jF2_3qePVsGHh12Fa4vX9N7RHjkpXt7Vhbi13jl8UKg_0Q0HmWFEOXN6noZpLWwFIR3rRl8mN3A5qgv1c/s320/IMG_1615.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522195280995096882" border="0" /></a>At this time last fall, the fields had shut down. This year, the marigolds keep going and going, and the bees are are pleased as bees can be.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio86CaJ8plGbiPXVscGo7b0VdWzzMWlaqZ5YpNpKsWG1a0ECzyJbFIRdBccuyJXB1LL4kGER6pamQ-8GwRhDPmvZp9zNip-w98esz1E223Q30BLt1MqMgRCxiIXqnVJwuYFCI4oTB2uNU/s1600/IMG_1573.JPG"></a><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl4WQbw_a-m4hGHXLoegyszNDUu3tswuEt4idsko4sF0XNGdysur6QB6rhs7b63PWL3MulIy6s8XHll-F3AyvNzo2tODU7F7PX6APyzN0jkSpFgn0nNewI4bNCwOzKTXWqbGlKmE9XLc/s320/bee.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522144418749391410" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio86CaJ8plGbiPXVscGo7b0VdWzzMWlaqZ5YpNpKsWG1a0ECzyJbFIRdBccuyJXB1LL4kGER6pamQ-8GwRhDPmvZp9zNip-w98esz1E223Q30BLt1MqMgRCxiIXqnVJwuYFCI4oTB2uNU/s1600/IMG_1573.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio86CaJ8plGbiPXVscGo7b0VdWzzMWlaqZ5YpNpKsWG1a0ECzyJbFIRdBccuyJXB1LL4kGER6pamQ-8GwRhDPmvZp9zNip-w98esz1E223Q30BLt1MqMgRCxiIXqnVJwuYFCI4oTB2uNU/s1600/IMG_1573.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">As I mentioned we are now carrying pottery made by Akiko, whose gorgeous hand-built slab and wheel works are made in Seattle. We also have a slew of neat new greeting cards (none too saccharine), a first shipment from Fog Linen from Japan and heirloom pumpkins galore.</span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDQuQBeA2qNejD3GOPu4sz2fcKXPi5qa6falIFwznMzpVRuYw-U6oX_F8Irx9p5W6ZeTq2QFaPDmrFTQuf1BodBD8OzVD_Czb7KjedDYhZ1WD6DXOkLeLiagkY3YkxZIYbNvwDgUimDc/s1600/IMG_1675.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDQuQBeA2qNejD3GOPu4sz2fcKXPi5qa6falIFwznMzpVRuYw-U6oX_F8Irx9p5W6ZeTq2QFaPDmrFTQuf1BodBD8OzVD_Czb7KjedDYhZ1WD6DXOkLeLiagkY3YkxZIYbNvwDgUimDc/s320/IMG_1675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522194537633609346" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXmSMltiGZgzzyfVN9OMByq6z9ImUmPh9SiGa95J_rKPdd3-ot_9ad40zoqCysgVwnUClG4ETWBS8Qv44ZkiABj47ZvjP3ArnvWSSji3xbe46E5Dj3hID___NCFx2lo5PJE5QPjrxtdY/s1600/IMG_1678.JPG"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXmSMltiGZgzzyfVN9OMByq6z9ImUmPh9SiGa95J_rKPdd3-ot_9ad40zoqCysgVwnUClG4ETWBS8Qv44ZkiABj47ZvjP3ArnvWSSji3xbe46E5Dj3hID___NCFx2lo5PJE5QPjrxtdY/s1600/IMG_1678.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXmSMltiGZgzzyfVN9OMByq6z9ImUmPh9SiGa95J_rKPdd3-ot_9ad40zoqCysgVwnUClG4ETWBS8Qv44ZkiABj47ZvjP3ArnvWSSji3xbe46E5Dj3hID___NCFx2lo5PJE5QPjrxtdY/s320/IMG_1678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522194550704600754" border="0" /></a>And here's a recent arrangement made in the shop.... with my cappucino from Sitka and Spruce in the corner.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokQm2w_aBYg3yz_irfB77AgPVwvD4hvQqcpuhOdDnMW1ehh7lxLxYdZnO4RrqOpVrx0L8W5GfibEdYCG6l8p8JpZt0krzYBZP6DIuIvlJsjSYneg5I9zzEKQG7dGe2NzDEtOlqWiq_uc/s1600/IMG_1641.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokQm2w_aBYg3yz_irfB77AgPVwvD4hvQqcpuhOdDnMW1ehh7lxLxYdZnO4RrqOpVrx0L8W5GfibEdYCG6l8p8JpZt0krzYBZP6DIuIvlJsjSYneg5I9zzEKQG7dGe2NzDEtOlqWiq_uc/s320/IMG_1641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522195284251087090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-12352015933180492472010-09-17T20:55:00.000-07:002010-09-20T23:09:54.265-07:00Fall Flowers<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Who knows when the rain will stop or how soon the first frost will come. In the meantime I'm harvesting as fast as I can, before marigolds get mushy and zinnias mold. For now, they are bright and bold as fall flowers tend to be. The fields and shop are full of strong yellows and fuschia pinks -- a shot of intensity even as the mellow greys and soft greens start to settle in for awhile.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7KYBqm74Z06zgpRDxUs6svJzfwjBbjsxgU8QM3tx50KzmpqT0G4jrw6hSNEHqlc7uj38XQEIvyoheC1KUyNddyyrlQthN2lbdZVNL5YN69605bOBzbATvomEBBbRZ4-bAgqjgwOE3cc/s1600/fall5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7KYBqm74Z06zgpRDxUs6svJzfwjBbjsxgU8QM3tx50KzmpqT0G4jrw6hSNEHqlc7uj38XQEIvyoheC1KUyNddyyrlQthN2lbdZVNL5YN69605bOBzbATvomEBBbRZ4-bAgqjgwOE3cc/s320/fall5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518100311099589170" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSbVBA-Vcl69LKNmj_lYAtUe5mPf4051oNUvaoTbcKB72zu2LwglRh4JwU0MXrFvGrOwlQAvWs0yippz9h4KXhSlrsu7dyCkpCd8oljJHfRp-CJQuZwP2wg0uvONTGyEZF7xE9-4_o1c/s1600/fall6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0EgJXyWfxGTwhFbljfIo-GNDZhyphenhyphenX23mHwqo1e7ff3Y9eC95Tvj4W6O1cSL-hsL3SpbykT0n7fGQpPCMZnuxxEWOiDFgBrPJfPzhBa4ggZfFdogUEB7cypdUMYRtdm-ploKO6ZP8D1Nw/s320/fall.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518100284267995714" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-73950398560200198562010-08-14T11:20:00.000-07:002010-08-14T12:16:56.126-07:00Wedding Flowers<span style="font-family:arial;">Brides have discovered Marigold and Mint and we love it! Some buy buckets of flowers and do all the arranging themselves; some create their own centerpieces but the leave the bouquets and boutonnieres to us, and some hand it all over. It all works for us. Here area few pictures of wedding flowers we've done this summer with flowers from our farm and from Erin at <a href="http://floretflowers.com/">Floret</a>.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrQqOZVePRKKdjxAUZr-DtFFQNqHoQi4MrcDVEpGInBFt8jqKPoIYBpFvKbYOuCmpRRxxuA_uQtrFSQ4AhjlMJcrDPvDEWleV8RGeFv99Q3MLKGMf8MyWUSdyVHhrIVGw1PjKByxnUl4/s1600/IMG_1311.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrQqOZVePRKKdjxAUZr-DtFFQNqHoQi4MrcDVEpGInBFt8jqKPoIYBpFvKbYOuCmpRRxxuA_uQtrFSQ4AhjlMJcrDPvDEWleV8RGeFv99Q3MLKGMf8MyWUSdyVHhrIVGw1PjKByxnUl4/s320/IMG_1311.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505346445861584546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivA3PnqRPogwJHo0j1qoodxLviyXzgX4_vTRaEAla9-bsfVYEr4Trva29kekzSraLyOXi7EiwjbUuEdVe3N3j3y_lEeUAxEMRFVXDDUqqhm802atsR_AHDP_4ZYKalOZ3zGqCLlY5YRqI/s1600/IMG_1310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivA3PnqRPogwJHo0j1qoodxLviyXzgX4_vTRaEAla9-bsfVYEr4Trva29kekzSraLyOXi7EiwjbUuEdVe3N3j3y_lEeUAxEMRFVXDDUqqhm802atsR_AHDP_4ZYKalOZ3zGqCLlY5YRqI/s320/IMG_1310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505345442873984658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjKoZfopf6Su4XsSziOwSgXoCXnbo4lWNBH-iY1MxidBCxdYoJneb8vHRiopMpOFbA0K7JaV2hD8yujg0VwZJ72FGsZO3NOkjZZ0o_7_N8ODOcxu4Dc3JTPadrkyg6HzZ8EoM1kGpvfM/s1600/IMG_1287.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjKoZfopf6Su4XsSziOwSgXoCXnbo4lWNBH-iY1MxidBCxdYoJneb8vHRiopMpOFbA0K7JaV2hD8yujg0VwZJ72FGsZO3NOkjZZ0o_7_N8ODOcxu4Dc3JTPadrkyg6HzZ8EoM1kGpvfM/s320/IMG_1287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505341325906829266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisU65KSS7B9MLlecnhVuZ44Rg4tAyU2Dn_r7N0BGsSRyHegb9T0og05MfrokbJSL331C8aXNO0zYWVwEHNEQ4XNS3F4gBluCBtiU4SEvrJgls1o1Lej-KZS7oTxaeAeQ5RXes9TtrpMM0/s1600/IMG_1322.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisU65KSS7B9MLlecnhVuZ44Rg4tAyU2Dn_r7N0BGsSRyHegb9T0og05MfrokbJSL331C8aXNO0zYWVwEHNEQ4XNS3F4gBluCBtiU4SEvrJgls1o1Lej-KZS7oTxaeAeQ5RXes9TtrpMM0/s320/IMG_1322.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505341710928010082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTGkpunw8L8EeBIKnAhN-j8jLC6zTeaWFA-5k5R9bWFe0wZX9vC1yp4i_cYMXyiaS2DTbDuAl1QJIhT-tb0oRF8yga6rgAfWaL37FNpodMQ2dW8cdlHe6nM2DVtY7ePeDJLx1ordEuog/s1600/IMG_1320.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTGkpunw8L8EeBIKnAhN-j8jLC6zTeaWFA-5k5R9bWFe0wZX9vC1yp4i_cYMXyiaS2DTbDuAl1QJIhT-tb0oRF8yga6rgAfWaL37FNpodMQ2dW8cdlHe6nM2DVtY7ePeDJLx1ordEuog/s320/IMG_1320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505341706705656722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnWTjTiuIAzvxi5aBMeb_VidG1nzelWNe_DwKx-IpcmWEJdCy9vlD8a7b4pGmUGYvwlusbnpGViE_u-bQWqDC_swyQ87nJ6sfzRSKBMxpgw8sj-zBShoyzcvYaUjnLjmJPcfE-5i-dUM/s1600/IMG_1319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnWTjTiuIAzvxi5aBMeb_VidG1nzelWNe_DwKx-IpcmWEJdCy9vlD8a7b4pGmUGYvwlusbnpGViE_u-bQWqDC_swyQ87nJ6sfzRSKBMxpgw8sj-zBShoyzcvYaUjnLjmJPcfE-5i-dUM/s320/IMG_1319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505341332472196130" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-13433591695114245552010-05-13T16:06:00.001-07:002010-05-13T16:40:11.950-07:00Veggies are In!<span style="font-family:arial;">Fresh from the fields this morning: organic easter egg radishes, japanese turnips, arugula and rapini. Hopefully we will have them all weekend, but the turnips are moving fast!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I picked this all up from the Oxbow Farm team this morning, after spending the morning building a trellis for the sweet peas and planting Miss Wilmott zinnias. I saw a snake sliding through the grass, and a cougar ran along the edge of my fields. I think we spooked each other equally.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">In addition to the vegetables, the shop is filled with gorgeous giant purple alliums, sweet frilly columbine and buttercups -- just for fun.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvY6EI9CrQ9inKFjlhcSUkZ0dQeo6sfC2K8i75LFMlg24hQYUurTi0nWH08-JijcGOeXBc2W7QrxX7lhB0aAu9Y1oo6ktID3i0FkY_nu6TbkMDzkoKicMp0DIWz-45LqfjU7PaQuo-aTs/s1600/butter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvY6EI9CrQ9inKFjlhcSUkZ0dQeo6sfC2K8i75LFMlg24hQYUurTi0nWH08-JijcGOeXBc2W7QrxX7lhB0aAu9Y1oo6ktID3i0FkY_nu6TbkMDzkoKicMp0DIWz-45LqfjU7PaQuo-aTs/s320/butter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470903251855443490" border="0" /></a>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594056524364448372.post-21508850380277151432010-05-06T18:49:00.000-07:002010-05-06T18:54:01.549-07:00Love Your Mother<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwUBJYLZu_Nlx1_78YyVQeRWiSrt-kaacTab4F0mT3mwy3HnnRk1rSTVXZTDYegqibuKH5xQRMQSi3nrZU0LQG6oAg6go_iinI6Mkbp8rJnP28DKyljLbHmtEDvIGfITaB5eECsr6JO8/s1600/IMG_1069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwUBJYLZu_Nlx1_78YyVQeRWiSrt-kaacTab4F0mT3mwy3HnnRk1rSTVXZTDYegqibuKH5xQRMQSi3nrZU0LQG6oAg6go_iinI6Mkbp8rJnP28DKyljLbHmtEDvIGfITaB5eECsr6JO8/s320/IMG_1069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468339547568224194" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div> <div>There is perhaps no spring flower that smells as sweet as Lily-of-the-Valley. Also called Mary's Tears and Our Lady's Tears -- after the Virgin Mary, the little flower often makes moms nostalgic. They either had a patch in their childhood backyard, or wore the scent as a first perfume in high school. So stop in and buy your mom -- or the mother to your children, or your sister, or your grandmother -- a bunch for Mother's Day. You can also buy Muguet-flavored <a rel="Maison Bouche" href="http://www.maisonbouche.com/" mce_href="http://www.maisonbouche.com">Maison Bouche</a> chocolate, or scoop up some of the other fragrant and delightful flowers that we have in the shop right now: heirloom daffodils, gigantic scilla in mauve and blue, bleeding heart, garden roses.... If your mother prefers to dig in the dirt, we have 9 varieties of tomato starts from Oxbow farmers Luke and Adam. Breathe it in.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Hope to see you at Marigold and Mint! Or call to place an order for delivery. 206-682-3111.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Katherine</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040218360585172673noreply@blogger.com0