rtijrks H e »bifdtafy •JUNES GARDEN' erodes FOR B eing influenced by the spring garden m agazines to use this year's suggested color co m binations w hen buying annuals to fill the co n tain er plantings, and to reshape my garden in a m ore defined style, I m ade long lists for this sum m er's garden. T hese plans w ere forgotten the m inute I visited the garden store. M y cart w as soon filled w ith a full pallet o f color. In the garden last year's plants had already sprouted. T hey could not be disturbed. A las, an o th er year o f w ild-iike disorder. I w as relieved w hen reading a garden m agazine that m y garden did have a 'nam ed style'. T he m agazine called it an "A m erican C ottage G arden". The w riter described it as an inform al style o f gardening w hich produces a glorious potpourri that reflects the ow ner's jo y in the variety o f flow ers and colors o f plants. T he term "C ottage G arden" originated in E ngland. T he book titled "E nglish C ountry G ardens", by E thone C larke and C lay Perry, described this style as, Q uote; "These g ardeners are 'm ad enthusiasts', and w e give them that appellation w ith special affection; they grow anything they can get their hands on, 'just to see w hat sprouts', and they can turn any space into a garden." U nquote. Since I live in A m erica, and my garden su rrounds a cottage-like house, and I inherited the desire to enthusiastically 'see w hat sprouts', from m y E nglish ancestors, I decided to call m y garden an "A m erican E nglish C ottage G arden". I'll also be content and quit m aking planned lists, but, the other m orning, as I w as looking at m y Pine tree, w ith clippers in m y hand, contem plating w hether to start trim m ing the fast grow ing candles, m y neighbor stopped to talk. She asked, "D id you take lessons on how to trim your Pine tree from the gardeners that take care o f Portland's Japanese G ardens? Y our Pine tree resem bles som e trees I saw there." I thanked her and confessed, "No, I ju st planted the tree too close to the house, and I have to prune it so I can see out the w indow ," and thought, I have an idea, I'll build a sm all pond, plant grasses and w eeping C herry trees, add a few m oss co v ered rocks and a pagoda a n d .. . O u r w eath er here on the coast has usually no prolo n g ed extrem es o f heat or cold. M oist air and strong w inds, and poor drainage are prim arily the problem s w e have to solve. W hen I first started m y garden I had all the above problem s, and I lived 175 ft. from the ocean front. I had drainage tile installed. T o shelter the yard from prevailing w inds I m ounded the soil around the perim eter and planted trees and shrubs and b u ilt a fence. T his helped to baffle the w inds. In the rest o f the yard I built raised beds. U nless you live on a slope, the easiest solution for poor drainage is to build raised many Arcadia Lasdscapia arc Subtle attention bushcsses I HAMGMC BASKETS w rw t V. He cveichStfuer I t TORHWCEOR ELMWJE KSnCDEUSL i WE CREAIE t MNMWM ROWER BÛXEi RAMIERS M w carter ,nHt season longer. off H uok.lt He STiwist Jipes ,.‘*1 Hit«, as wd( as borrow In pôTS , U ' \ I J liito Ht roky outcroppings ai oy 4ke coasts / » 'inilie, »vdcllt 43M738 res n »1 k ? UCEMSED ‘ BONDS •CURED «6062 -- &•. Mklî «»«y Ltl'.tJiHiT of/gM ‘ht 5prv«1 ¿T only ont fW, H/ U»»'1/ freon G J M R eJJS ÇasL.on ani resign Htmselves+> He Htt<-C«rT&jy «T using o«e or wiort dÇ Aktit Dïties io AïWïl causes BSwtl|. ipr'.ng à\Sû pfwts î U«IÇ h H He- of H t skffinjS o^ TiotïfViuge. enii'fts asHe. Uajhj» and Qnchte loovotuer e-iHermay 5 por ■ a’d’ie*-». T u clife/tntt olii bt He. ¿'■sap’pcarjMct ot H t joiw« back up iHo H t ( $ o o n be SJnonÙUs, ini H t ¡nS'.nUiH«n fi He. $1 mio He no-parkìiy tLonlS. exraneoH kjww« di bk * fXnb\* G rx e n gardening to; June's Garden PO Box 74 Cannon Beach, OR 97110 est.1974 9 14th Street 600 Broadway tona OR 97103 Seaside, OR 9 7 '3 6 256 E Mam H.lisboro OR 97123 ..................L’ ........................... ........... • -* ». ¡f« 1569 Duone UVFER LEFT EtAE WML W 5 V < m 5