Pacific Northwest Gardening: Um...hi...I'm new here..., 1 by katie59

katie59 wrote:
Nooooooooo . . . get outta here. That's awsome - he's from a celebrity family!! Way cool. I think I'm going to go out and rent that movie again - just for that.

Don't get me wrong - I love herding dogs, but this is the first Aussie I've heard of that minds his boundaries. Good training on your DH's part. He sounds great (I love the comment about the mantrailing bloodhound etc.). That will definitely be the challenge I face with mine . . .

Anne Lovejoy is a great author who talks about gardening in a "naturalistic" way using native plants - keep an eye out for any of her books for ideas. Don't forget our lupine, foxglove, and fireweed as natives that will give you drama and color and self-sow readily once you get them started. Japanese maples do really well here, of course and give you lots of fall color. I love the huckleberries - you probably have a few already. And for those who are disciplined in the fall and spring, dahlias actually seem to do pretty well here - at least the deer leave them alone in most cases. Hydrangea and ninebark are shrubs that do well here, too. Katye and I saw some beatufiul Hamamelis today in a beautiful orange. I'm still dreaming of it . . . http://www.gardenseeker.com/calendar_feb/hamamelis_orange_be...

Here's Magic fancying himself as a therapy dog with my mother, totally unprompted (fortunately she like it) - he REALLY doesn't get the boundaries thing yet. :-) But he SURE does get the lovin' thing . . .