Chickadee Gardens List of Links
It occurs to me having a singular place to reference blog posts that are more informative in nature might be helpful. I've had several people share that they use a particular post regularly as a reference, so I thought it nice to create a place to easily link to these, something I could also use myself having blogged more than a decade now, or 437 posts, to be exact. That's plenty of photographs and information to muddle through.
I consider this an exercise in not only revisiting older posts (which I had forgotten about) but also using this as a tool, myself. This post does not include links to everything I have ever written about, rather it is a series of categories, covering a slice of what this blog is about. I invite you to bookmark this page for future reference as I hope to continue to update it from time to time to keep it relevant.
Many older posts have what I now consider sub-par quality photographs, but it's all been a sincere effort, so they remain. It's also nice to realize that I've evolved over the years and to understand why I am drawn to do certain kinds of posts repeatedly.
Here then are posts from the website grouped into the following categories: Take Five; Genera and Related Groups of Plants; Native Plants; Let's Go! Garden Travels; Nursery Visits; Year in Review; Insects, Birds and Critters; and finally, Before and After.
First up are my Take Five posts where I focus on five fantastic plants that are suited for a particular situation, i.e. five resilient evergreen shrubs for sun. There are also posts covering groups of plants that go beyond a selection of just five.
TAKE FIVE (AND RELATED) GROUPS OF PLANTS
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Genera and groups of plants include collections of plants that I seem to have a lot of.
GENERA & RELATED GROUPS of PLANTS POSTS
I have loved native plants for a long while, having been involved with the Backyard Habitat Certification Program years ago. My love of these beauties came with me to Saint Helens, even though the program doesn't exist out here. I have a large selection of them in the garden and often forget to highlight their beauty and durability, so from time to time I do a natives only post.
NATIVE PLANTS
When FM and I are afforded the luxury of being able to travel, gardens feature prominently in our plans. I enjoy sharing what we discover. Here are some of our travels, in chronological order, most recent first.
LET'S GO! GARDEN TRAVELS
Of course, nursery visits are a big part of my world, but not as much as they were when we lived in Portland. Having worked for one of the best, Joy Creek Nursery for its last six years, I didn't visit as many as I used to. Now at Cistus Nursery, another one of the best, I still don't get out as much as I'd like to but from time to time I manage a visit to other incredible nurseries.
NURSERY VISITS
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Every year since we've lived out here in Saint Helens I've done a Year in Review post to remind myself of the highlights and challenges of any given year.
Year in Review
Since the garden began in earnest in 2009 as a way to attract birds and pollinators, we have had the joy of experiencing an amazing variety of wildlife. Sometimes I'm lucky and capture them on camera.
Insects, Birds, Critters
Everybody loves a good Before and After, myself included. It's much better, however, if you're not actually doing the work. D'OH! Here are a few of our projects that we had the foresight to actually document. No labor on your part required.
Before and After
Bring on the Projects (2023)
Unfun Gardening (2023)
Let the Rearrange Commence (2022)
A New Home for the Hens (2021)
The Hoophouse Cometh! (2019)
Before and After Fun (2019)
Progression of a Project (Himalayan Mounds 2017)
The Evolution of a Fire Pit (2016)
The Gravel Garden Emerges (2016)
Before and After: Rock Wall (2016)
A Winter Project (2014)
Late Summer Changes (2013)
Eco Roof (2013)
There it is, a List of Links on the blog to hopefully enhance your surfing pleasure. I hope you find it helpful, it's been kind of fun to put together.
That's a wrap for this week at Chickadee Gardens. As always thank you so much for reading and commenting, we do love hearing from you! Happy gardening!
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Great idea! You can add “ indexer” to your many roles! I bookmarked it because it is so helpful with our local area! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIndexer! I love it. Thank you for checking it out!
DeleteThis is excellent! Very generous of you to do this - and very smart!
ReplyDeleteThank you Stephen! I hope it's helpful to others!
DeleteI can now remove a previous bookmark I made to a specific post... this here is far superior. Thank you for this!
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Woo hoo! I kind of had you in mind - you had mentioned you bookmarked a post or two so hopefully this is more helpful.
DeleteThat's very useful - thank you Tamara! It may also come in handy should you decide to work a book into your busy schedule one day ;)
ReplyDeleteYay! And oh, a book? Hmm....I haven't ruled it out so you never know!
DeleteI've used your blog repeatedly as a reference, so thank you for organizing the links -- that's a lot of work!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you could find this useful in the future, Denise. Oh, not too much work, really - kind of of fun to put together, actually.
DeleteWhat a great idea especially for you to track how the garden progresses. I checked out the Plants I Regret and had a good chuckle because we have all planted things we wish we hadn't. For me it was Lamium maculatum that a friend gave me. It's everywhere it laughs at my attempts to eradicate it. Followed closely by Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'. As you say, pure evil.
ReplyDeleteHa! Those darn regrets. Yes, we all have them - Lamium maculatum is a big one for a lot of people. I've never planted it, but it is considered invasive in some areas. And G. 'Johnson's Blue' - I'm kind of surprised, I didn't know it spread so much! Cheers and thanks for your comments, Elaine.
DeleteThis is a great resource, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing things I'd never read. I found your blog around the time you moved. We've "overlapped" in some interesting spots! Not in time but in space. I have had to be a little more judicious about gardens so I haven't visited as many-my DH is less interested, as well as having his own interests to accomodate (only fair, really.) Nonetheless, I've also been to Nijo Castle and Toji temple, Big Island (btw, Big Island Bee company has the most amazing o'hia lehua honey, must try!), Kroller Muller in Netherlands-one of our favorites, too! (We got there after they'd finished researching and repainting the Claus Oldenburg spade a most glorious bright blue). Also places you've been I didn't get to-and the reverse, of course, but this is your blog and it's never possible to go everywhere you want to go when you're traveling no matter what, anyway. Strangely, we didn't go to gardens in England much. I think I was intimidated-as well as too many other things to see and do. If/when we go back I will rectify that in a big way.
Oh my, it's wonderful to be able to see these places, isn't it? Fun! Would love to chat about overlapping places and ones you have been that we haven't. I definitely recommend England for a bit of garden touring if you ever get the chance. There are, as you say, sooo many other places and things to see and do - so go where your heart leads you. I love England for the combination of history, mild climate, incredible gardening tradition (so many people learn about gardening there from a young age, it's amazing) but the world is full of amazing places.
DeleteAh, I bet that was a lot of fun to revisit and organize things together and see how everything has evolved over time. The hummingbird photo makes me happy. Like a winter holiday gathering with friends and family around the table.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it was a lot of fun! It was a little embarrassing to see some really bad pictures in old posts but hey - we all start somewhere. I'm thrilled you like the hummingbird pic and your description makes me smile. They are wonderful little creatures, indeed. Right now they are coveting whatever Arctostaphylos flowers are in bloom.
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