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Upcoming Plant Sales

There will be FOUR events in the next few weeks, so mark your calendars and be sure to stop by one (or all!) of them. All proceeds help benefit our local schools. Each of the sales will offer native plants (note that some are not on the Portland Plant List). Please see below for more details about each sale! Fort Vancouver High School Plant Sale: Wednesday, April 24, 8am-6pm, Thursday, April 25, 8am-5pm and Friday, April 26, 8am-4pm Native plants available: Trees:  Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar;  Shrubs:  Mock Orange, Flowering Red Currant, Red Twig Dogwood, Cascade Oregon Grape, Baldhip Rose, Nootka Rose, Douglas Spirea, Thimbleberry , Serviceberry, Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry, Black Hawthorn, Salmonberry, Golden Currant, Smooth Sumac, Salal;  Groundcovers : Western Yarrow, Wild Ginger, Sword Fern, Goldenrod, Blue-Eyed Grass, Soft Fruited Bulrush, Tufted Hair Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Maidenhair Fern, Checkermallow, Sedum Spat

A thin layer of ice

More ice overnight - nothing major, just a thin veneer over everything this morning...


Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)



Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)  


Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. My goodness, you all are getting the bad weather this year. What a baptism into your new locale.

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  2. Sure is pretty--just be careful walking on it!

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  3. Did it stay "just a thin layer" - or build as the day went on? Ours started out thin but by evening it was more than half an inch.

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  4. Lovely icy photos; I especially like the jeweled chicken wire!

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  5. You've really had your share of WEATHER this winter!

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