A trio of bright pink roses, they look like Bourbon roses? with very double blossoms. At any rate, the one on the left is drooping and dropping petals, the other two appear to be fully open. They are atop a naked branches, and the background is a profusion of green, from vegetable patch greenery. The outer petals are full of translucent rain drops.

Still raining but it is breaking up for sun tomorrow. Some plucky roses still blooming on bare branches at the P-Patch
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A patch of stinky iris displays several open pods full of bright orange berries. The pods are gray and wrinkly, and are split in three sections. They are amid strappy green iris leaves. Stinky iris is also called roast beef plant, stinking iris, Gladwin iris, or stinking Gladwin, among other names. The plant isn't really stinky unless you crush the leaves, and then its noxious vapors envelop you.

Stinky iris, (Iris foetidissima) has interesting pods full of bright orange berries for winter color.
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A small patch of rainbow Swiss chard is growing enthusiastically for winter meals. The large lance shaped leaves are light green with yellow ribs, dark purple - green with magenta-red ribs, and vivid green with orange ribs. They are deeply convoluted and glossy from the rain. There is a ground cover of wild strawberry leaves growing among the chard plants.

Wet Swiss chard looks like patchwork rain slickers in the Picardo Farm P-Patch
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A small white tea bush flower looks like an underdeveloped camellia. Its 5 white petals are spread out facing down, and its central cluster of bright yellow anthers take the show. The tea leaves are mid green, oval and serrated. I don't know if we could grow a lot of tea around here, but this one is thriving. Because of this week's rain, there are raindrops pearling on top of the flower.

There is a real tea bush (Camellia sinensis) growing in the P-Patch! I did a double take when I saw it.
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Wooden memorial bench dedicated to the erstwhile Charlie Myers in the P-Patch, amid some nice garden plots. There is a glass garden table in front, and wood chips underfoot. There is a lot of seating in the patch, btw

Wrought iron bench dedicated to to Antoinette Crotty, "a passionate gardener", set on paver stones, also placed amid some nice plots. I think the plots near the benches are scrutinized for appearance!

I guess this wooden bench, dedicated to Jack Rucker, is made of pine, since it is covered with lichen and moss. It is set under some large bare shrubs in the pollinators garden. It is littered with leaves, but has a planter next to it full of green nasturtium leaves. Nasturtiums seem almost perennial here.

This is the apple patch patio, where we orchardists labor in fall, picking and sorting apples. It has a property line cedar fence at the back. The concrete pad is littered with apple tree leaves as well as others. There is a green wrought iron patio set with a table and four chairs. You can see a few shrubs off to the right and left sides. There is a polyester apple cover bag on the table filled with dried leaves for some reason. I left it there in case someone was performing sympathetic magic.

Monty and I wandered through the P Patch after I verified that my green manure wasn't thriving (I left it too late, or the rainy season started too early, so straw time😁). I never noticed the memorial benches before.
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A photo processed to look like a silk screen: looking at the P-Patch from under the shade of a mulberry tree, you can see the entry way sign, saying the Picardo Farm P-Patch was Seattle's first community garden, established in 1973. Further down, you can see the apple trees lining the path on the right, and a kiwi patch on the left. Then the greenery of the plots offers a soothing scene.

Spent some time at the P-Patch, in the shade of the mulberry tree. Then we proceeded to the plot to clean up the old plants; it's fall time.
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Dahlias in shades of yellow and orange against a wooden fence in the P-Patch. The dahlias petals' colors are graduated from yellow to orange to red, and are unfurling from tightly folded buds held at the inside of the flowers . The leaves are dark green. There are also a few stems of bright red crocosmia harmonizing like a large bouquet. There are water drops throughout due to an unscheduled morning shower.

Bright fuschia shaggy dahlias burst out all through this bushy plant in the P-Patch. They look a bit like bright suns against the dark green leaves.

Some more mad dahlias this summer, in the Picardo P-Patch
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A Labyrinth dahlia seen sideways displays its layers of raggedy petals looking like flames jetting from its golden heart. The undertone of the petals' colors is a creamy peach, but there are solid streaks of glowing pink, with golden yellow at the base and hints of orange throughout. The green leaves, with a yellow tinge, form a nice contrast. There is an unopened bud next to the bloom.

Flamboyance in the P-Patch
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The inflated seed pods of love-in-the-mist look like hot air balloons surrounded by green netting. The pods are green with maroon stripes running from top to bottom. The top of the pods are flattened, star shaped, with long wavy "arms" coming out from the points of the stars, reminding me of starfish and their tentacles. There are myriad water drops over everything because of recent sprinkling.

Misted the love-in-a-mist. Watering the children's garden early in the morning. I love those seed pods!
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A dark blue bowl with red plums sits on a bleached wood table. The shallow bowl, pictured from a slight angle above, has some reflections along the glossy surface. The plums are mostly dark red, with one still slightly unripe fruit glowing golden red. The skins have light freckles and a natural white waxy bloom.

Plums from the P-Patch orchard
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A small bunch of orange baby carrots with long leafy tops are set on a wooden bench in the P-Patch. They really the result of thinking put the carrots in my plot. There are plenty more to be thinned!

Thinned the carrots, yummy babies
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Two wheelbarrows, painted bright pink with "Picardo P-Patch* stenciled on the side, are leaned against a wooden garden box. The Picardo Gardeners voted to paint all the wheelbarrows we finagled after our other ones were stolen. Next time, the thieves will have to repaint them if they want to escape detection!

Potato plants are blooming with white flowers. The petals are curved back and the anthers are fused into a golden tube, with the pistil barely showing. The leaves are compound, green, and abundant. When the blooms fade, the lucky gardener will be able to enjoy baby potatoes!

A gardener turned a corner of their patch into a pretty little flower bed. At the back tall lilac iris tower over the mix of brunnera and dead nettle, with a border of ferns. Scattered throughout there are pansies, johnny-jump-ups and forget-me-nots. The border is contained by a wall of upside-down terracotta pots.

A house across the street from the community garden entrance is hedged by rhododendron bushes full of pale to dark pink flowers.The left and right sides are framed by large, green, straight-trunked tulips trees. The house itself is barely visible as a gray roof and a bit of sage green siding. The sidewalk below the hedging is slanted uphill to the right.

A visit to the P-Patch: pink wheelbarrows! New potatoes? Some gardeners can't help themselves! And beauty across the street.
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A small clump of Douglas iris graces the pollinator garden. The flowers are violet, blue and white, with small yellow beards at the base of the three tubular petals. The petals are veined in dark purple. There are several buds spiraling around the flower spike, which open in succession. The green leaves are long and strappy.

Tamed wild iris growing in the pollinator gardens at the Picardo P-Patch (Iris douglasii)
I love the frilly edges on those long petals
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Brilliantly scarlet, these lovely poppies caught my eye as we walked by. They have yellow pistils and their black anthers are topped by yellow pollen sacs. There are plenty of buds next to the flowers amid an array of compound green leaves.

Really scarlet poppies caught my eye in the community garden as we walked by
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Some bronze and yellow crested iris splash out in front of some in shades of deep blue in the dappled sunlight along the community garden path.

Some pretty crested iris in the P-Patch
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The Children's Garden has plots with flowers, lettuce, peas, cabbages, and other veggies. The pole structures are for the scarlet runner beans and so.e type of squash, to make a shady nook. The paths are well mulched. Off to the right, you can see garden chairs and child sized garden carts.

Looking out to Ravenna Blvd, ypu can see a wall of greenery enclosing the garden on one end. There are garden plots in various stages of clean up and planting. Some plots have mini greenhouses to accelerate the growth of tomatoes and peppers. The foreground of the photo has a set of garden chairs, a plot with several red wire tomato cages and plots with young green plants. The paths are mulched. Today, we have a blue sky and a hot sun to help the produce along. There are a couple of wooden structures near this end in a couple of plots. They look like extremely weathered tentative trellis supports?

Monty sploots in the shade next to a P-Patch flower border under an apple tree.Everything is very green, with yellow and purple flowers giving a nice spot of color. The main path is graveled, which is great when you haul wheelbarrows full of soil or mulch.

I went to the P-Patch, with the canine companion, to take my turn watering the pollinator gardens. I was glum last week because the gardens looked so tatty. What a difference a week makes: most plots are cleared, planted, and ready.
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A black and silver shih-tzu rests his chin on the arm of a weathered gray wooden bench in a herb garden. The bench has a green bag on it, ostensibly to collect herb cuttings. Various outdoor seats are piled next to the bench. Pots of herbs are in the foreground. Elevated herb beds can be seen in the background. This looks like a nice working garden to sit in.

Monty waits patiently while I gather herbs in the P-Patch herb garden for the food share this morning. I gathered lovage, sage, oregano and basil. The basil and lovage were powerfully scented!
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