Bloomtown

Welcome readers of Dig In with Kym

2008-09-26T08:35:27-07:00

A hearty welcome to readers of Kym Pokorny's Blog, Dig In with Kym. If you're here looking for info about the upcoming class mentioned in Kym's post today, follow this link for full information about the 5-part series that I...

Photo album of Portland Classical Chinese Garden

2008-09-24T17:20:02-07:00

I attended an absolutely fantastic photography workshop yesterday that was facilitated by Ian Adams and Alan Detrick, both top-notch photographers. The workshop was offered in conjunction with the national garden writers (GWA) convention held in Portland over the weekend. I've...

Registration Now Open for Get Growing Fall 2008

2008-09-01T14:06:43-07:00

Registration for the fall series of the class I offer in collaboration with the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (HPSO) is now open. Follow this link to learn more about the class. To register, follow this link to the HPSO...

Purple Cardinal Pole Bean

2008-08-15T17:57:59-07:00

What a beauty! ... and prolific! I am so pleased with this bean. From seeds sown on May 29th, we got our first harvest on August 14th, with more coming on! Could have probably harvested them a few days before...

Garlic Harvest

2008-08-10T17:06:48-07:00

Harvested the "Korean Red" garlic ...we got a very respectable crop that will be ready to use after curing for a couple of weeks.

New Toy at Bloomtown ... An IPhone!

2008-08-06T19:32:55-07:00

Typepad makes it easy to post-on-the-fly with my cool new IPhone. Does this mean more frequent posts on my horizon? We'll see ...for now, a couple of shots taken at the nursery today.

Tool Library in NE Portland

2008-08-04T15:05:10-07:00

Thanks to my friend Lisa for bringing this cool service to my attention. Click the image below to enlarge for easier reading, or read more about it in their on-line newsletter here.

And the winners are ...

2008-08-04T09:57:06-07:00

We had a grand time at Saturday's Fremont Fest. A special thank you goes out to all who came by to visit at the nursery and/or at our satellite booth outside The Arrangement. You really helped make the day special!...

Vegetable Garden Update: Today's harvest

2008-08-03T18:22:47-07:00

I was able to make it over to "the farm" today; first time since we've gotten back into town. There's been lots of change/growth in the week that we've been away. The summer squash are really coming on. Since we've...

Fremont Festivities 2008

2008-08-01T21:07:25-07:00

For our readers in the Portland area, I hope you’ll consider joining us as we have a good time with our neighbors at the annual Fremont Fest coming up tomorrow, Saturday, August 2nd. Last year the Bloomtown crew had a...

Roxborough State Park, Colorado

2008-07-31T15:43:00-07:00

The fabulous rock formations at Roxborough State Park were within easy drive of our base-of-operations in Denver. We kept our hike pretty short ... it's pretty hot here today.

Mount Goliath, Colorado

2008-07-31T15:34:47-07:00

My first trip to the Rocky Mountains! What a thrill to be in such a breathtakingly beautiful place. We were fortunate to have ideal weather for the day. The wildflowers were out in abundance; many different species were in bloom....