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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMy biggest successes in the patio pots along the driveway were not propagated from seed\u2013they were the Douglas asters I started from cuttings back in the spring. It turns out they are fantastic in pots! <\/p>\n\n\n\n These cutting-grown starts have been blooming for a month and look to have another month or more to go. Native pollinators love them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some other plants blooming around the garden this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We spent some time east of the Cascades over Labor Day and stopped in Omak at a plant shop (a \u201cgrow\u201d shop is possibly more accurate, as their focus seemed to be 90% on cannabis). I looked around at the sad houseplant display and found two near-dead streptocarpus and a tiny hoya that I adopted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here they are after a brief resuscitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last new item in the house is a pot full of seeds that I found in my backpack that had to be washed after an exploding kiwi incident. Here is the pot. Not exciting now, but full of promise and mystery!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2024 garden year has been an interesting one. As always, I started with grand designs and maintained my momentum better than usual this year. It was not perfect, of course, but there were some great successes and important lessons. I had two main areas of focus this year with my seed-starting efforts. First, I … Continue reading September Reflections<\/span> <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/figure><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"