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
Hi Phillip, Yum! I read the book long before the movie came out, so, of course, I loved it more than the movie. Yes, the movie was completely different. There were also a series of books set in Provence where Peter Mayle renovated his house. The first, and I think the best one was A Year in Provence. He's written many others. Same trials and tribulations. I will make this cake very soon for my family and send you a photo. I love your new garden. Is it easier to garden in the Pacific Northwest?~~Dee
ReplyDeleteAnother one to put on the reading list. Thanks Dee! And yes, it is easier to garden here. :)
DeleteI read this book a long time ago and enjoyed it. I didn't see the movie. The cake looks good. You didn't say if you liked the cake. How did it taste? I am making a lemon poke cake for this Saturday's Eucher gathering. Your lemon cake looks prettier. Maybe I will bake mine in a bundt pan and see how it works.
ReplyDeleteIt is a dense cake, very much like a heavy pound cake. I liked it. It is a recipe I would use again.
DeleteYour cake looks delicious and I'm sure it would go really good with coffee in the morning!
ReplyDeleteI read Under The Tuscan Sun and saw the movie. The book is better, but the movie was fun too. If you enjoy the fantasy of a renovation adventure in Europe, I'd recommend a couple of fun/light books by Peter Mayle ( I read them years ago and remember them fondly": "A year in Provence and "Hotel Pastis". It's the next best thing to having the courage to do it.
I've added these books to my Goodreads list. Thank you so much for the suggestion. I bet I will like them.
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