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<\/a><\/p>\nNot from the Kalispell Farmer’s Market as per last year ( Fuschia 2015<\/font><\/a>), but from a local nursery: Swan River Gardens <\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n And yes, that is Auggie just to the right and aft of the front porch, next to the ladder holding a yellow jacket trap… the queens are out and about and we did not have ANY super cold over winter. With last summer so dry and they need water … don’t know what this year will bring. I told the yellow jackets that they were welcome in the woods but to please leave the yard and front porch to Bear, Auggie and me.<\/p>\n Back to the fuschia. <\/p>\n If you search on “fuschia”, you will see ELEVEN posts from last year: May through October. The 2015 Farmer’s market fuschia, my first fuschia in some years did beautifully on the front porch last year. <\/p>\n Last weekend was Kalispell Farmer’s Market opening for 2016, but a series of domestic incidents precluded me attending. This weekend, I just wimped out on a trip to “town” on a Saturday after hearing a LOT of early traffic on my own road home. I wanted just a few grocery items and the local grocery has improved greatly so Bear and I headed out in the Jeep with garbage to drop off, a planned reconnoiter of the local nursery and then the grocery.<\/p>\n But plans must often be flexible and to my surprise the nursery had fuschia, although not many and only a few with the Swingtime (white and pink)<\/p>\n – most were the Black Prince:<\/p>\n And the baskets were large and further along than those I purchased last year.<\/p>\n I looked at the baskets and thought about room in the Jeep AND the nursery was busy with other people getting things. I didn’t want to lose out so snagged a basket with all Swingtime and 2 baskets with a mix of Swingtime and Black Prince and away we went with a basket on the front passenger seat, a basket on the floor passenger side and 1 poor basket sharing the back with Bear. We headed straight back to home because there was no room for groceries and the poor basket with Bear…<\/p>\n I say poor basket because as we were leaving the nursery, someone arrived with a dog and Bear got excited and that poor basket suffered a bit of knocking about. But, it made it home. I apologized, watered and fed the poor thing, trimmed off some breakage and hopefully it will forgive Bear and me and flourish!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n