It is June, which means all of my flowers are finally blooming! I'm exceedingly fond of my gorgeous 'Camelot' series Delphinium, drifts of lavender, and gorgeous Foxglove. If only they lasted forever!
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English-style Gardening in the Pacific Northwest!
Welcome to my blog, hope you enjoy reading.
About
- Urban Cottager
- Portland, OR
- The Tiny Green Cottage is our 859 square foot home located in Portland, Oregon. Since 2006, we have endeavored to transform our once barren 5,000 square foot lot into an organic edible landscape and heirloom garden styled in the English tradition.
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Fruit and Vegetable Varieties Grown at Tiny Green Cottage
- Asparagus, 'Mary Washington' (Asparagus officinalis)
- Asparagus, 'Purple' (Asparagus officinalis)
- Blueberry, 'Chandler' (Vaccinium)
- Blueberry, 'Duke' (Vaccinium)
- Blueberry, 'Misty' (Vaccinium)
- Currant, 'Black Swedish' (Ribes nigrum)
- Garlic, 'Ontario Purple Trillium' (Heirloom Hard Neck)
- Garlic, 'Oregon Blue' (NW Heirloom Softneck)
- Garlic, 'Polish' (Softneck)
- Huckleberry, (E. gaylussacia )
- Onion, 'Yellow' (Alium cepa)
- Salmonberry, (Rubus spectabilis)
Gardening Blogs I Enjoy
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Welcome 2026 - Greetings on this cold day in sunny south Florida. The low on this first day of 2026 was 42 the real feel temp was 37. Yesterday morning it was 40 and re...
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Crustacean Celebration: Kick Off the 2025-26 Dungeness Season with Crab Chowder - Dungeness crab season started on December 16th this year, much to the relief of cooks, diners and Oregon's crab fleet of 424 small family-owned vessels t...2 weeks ago
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Garden Memories From Last Fall - I realized that if I don't post anything right now, I hurt this blog's feelings... Four months with no posts... it's bad! So, let me post some garden pictu...
5 years ago -
Prize Truffle - Saturday evenings annual gala dinner, organised by the Les Eyzies hunt, inevitably offers rich pickings when it comes to the end of evening (actually ea...
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY NEW YEAR - Just to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and hoping 2020 is kind to you all. This photo was taken in 2009 of a lovely old oak tree on one of my walks. ...
6 years ago -
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Book Review: Pecking Order - *I can't believe it's been a whole year since I've posted on this blog. I hope to be better in 2019. Thank you for visiting. * Secrets. Why do we keep th...
7 years ago -
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Royalty, Dirt and Joy from the farm - Greetings from ALL at Big Table Farm! We bottled our 2017 Laughing Pig Rose last week and are thrilled to have a little more to go around than last year...
7 years ago -
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - April 2018 - April showers bring May flowers...... I hope the old poem is right! We've had a cool start to spring with measureable rain on many a day. The tulips in c...
7 years ago -
Fall Vegetable Gardening: What to Plant in September - Are you the kind of gardener who thinks the season is over once your tomatoes ripen? Maybe life got in the way and you didn't plant a summer garden and thi...
9 years ago -
Winter Color - Took a rainy walk around the garden today and found some color to help brighten up the gray day.9 years ago
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Fix.com Terrarium Infographic - Source: Fix.com *From the Fern & Mossery: How to Make and Maintain Terrariums. See more!*10 years ago
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Cara menghilangkan komedo - *Cara menghilangkan komedo* adalah cara untuk merawat kulit secara alami agar bisa bersih dan mulus. Khususnya kulit wajah. Banyak cara untuk perawatan kul...10 years ago
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Phacelia tanacetifolia - "Bee's Friend" - "Bienenfreund" in German It's a tall plant at it's peak - shown here behind second-growth rhubarb clumps.
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2015 in a Nutshell - It is a snow day in Oxford today. It started around 11 AM and has steadily snowed since. It's gorgeous. Snowy street Home I'll be honest, 2015 has be...
10 years ago -
I'm still here! - Every so often I get an email or a message on Facebook wondering if everything is okay. It's nice to know people still check here! I'm still here and thi...
11 years ago -
In my little world , I sing and skip. - Hellooooo every one , who is out there reading blog worlds ...I've been busy these last few months....each day just flys by so fast for me....lots to see...
11 years ago -
What shall I eat first? - This year, I have not had a whole lot of time for blogging, but here at least is one photo of some of the yummy produce coming from my small garden.
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11 years ago -
updates! - This is the busiest time (I think? maybe it's always the busiest time) in the garden, and I'm having trouble AS USUAL keeping up with photos, etc. I've bee...12 years ago
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Infographic time: the chicken coop checklist - Many thanks to Jason Macek for sending us a link to the great chicken coop checklist infographic linked below. Building your own coop? If you follow the ad...
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Buy Essays Online - If you are a student subsequently, you realize that you appear to need more things done during a less period of time. From school, to work, to extracurricu...13 years ago
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Applebright Farm BUCKS FOR SALE 2012 - Applebright Farm BUCKS FOR SALE 2012 Time to start planning for your fall breeding. Our bucks have produced beautiful kids season after season. All are me...13 years ago
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Five Easy Steps to Changing a Tire - If you have gone your entire life without changing a tire, consider yourself lucky. However, if you are like most of us, this nuisance of this task has c...
13 years ago -
Daylily Days (Daze) - I can't believe I haven't updated in so long. OK, yes, I can believe it. Confession: I am intimidated by other garden blogs. They're so informative and...
13 years ago -
Baby Robin - As I have been working in the garden this Spring, I kept hearing baby birds chirping loudly from time to time, when the Mama bird brought them food. I foll...
13 years ago -
Catching up. - Photos from the past three weeks. Life is grand. I drove 1800 miles in 38 hours roundtrip to New Iberia, Louisia...13 years ago
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Happy Holidays Everyone! - Well it is that time of year again. The garden has come to a close and I have started to think of next season. That topic will have to wait however because...
14 years ago -
CSA #26, 11/23 - Happy day to give Thanks! We’ve reached the last CSA for 2011. The box is filled with roots and squash to nourish and fill you up during the colder, dar...14 years ago
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Help Find A Missing Goat in Oklahoma! - This is Journey, she is a LaMancha dairy goat. Isn't she just beautiful? Sadly, her owner Carol is desperately trying to find her and I am hoping that by p...
14 years ago -
Hand In Hand With Mother Nature - *A Corner Of The Barn * Every moment spent in the company of my family is precious. For though I write, once a month, about what is happening in my garden...
14 years ago -
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Here chicky, chicky, chicky - I can't believe how long it has been since I have had the time to add a post or visit other blogs! With the onslant of spring my business booms and time j...
15 years ago -
Farmer Convocation - This coming Sunday, 30 January, we’ll be getting together @ The Riverhouse (2131 Harney St.) for a gathering, a bit of seed trading and whatnot. If you’re...15 years ago
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USDA Grade "Tiny" - Gingersnap, our 22 week old golden Campine pullet, laid her first egg today. She is our smallest pullet and we think she is the cutest too.Here is her litt...
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PNW Garden, Plant and Seed Suppliers
- Concentrates NW (SE Portland)
- Growing Gardens (NE Portland)
- Metro (Sustainable Living)
- Naomi's Organic Farm Supply (SE Portland)
- Noris Dairy (They deliver!)
- Pistils Nursery (N. Portland)
- Portland Farmers Market
- Portland Nursery (NE and SE Portland)
- Swan Island Dahlias (Canby, OR)
- Territorial Seed Company (Cottage Grove, OR)
- The Thyme Garden (Alsea, OR)
- Urban Farm Store (SE Portland)
- Your Backyard Gardener
Local (PNW) Seed and Plant Suppliers
- Abundant Life Seed (Cottage Grove, OR)
- Adaptive Seeds (Sweet Home, OR)
- Diggin' Roots Farm (Milwaukie, OR)
- Filaree Farm Garlic (Okanogon, WA)
- Hood River Organic Seed Garlic
- Horizon Herbs (Williams, OR)
- Lonesome Whistle Farm (Eugene, OR)
- Salt Spring Seed (Salt Spring, B.C.)
- Siskiyou Seed (Williams, OR)
- Soggy Creek Seeds, (Canada)
- Stargazer Perennials
- The Thyme Garden (Alsea, OR)
- Uprising Seeds (Bellingham, WA)
- West Coast Seed (Vancouver, B.C)
- Wild Garden Seed (Philomath, Oregon)
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When I bring your post up with your introductory photo I always think Waw! Your photos in the post are lovly too
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