As a gardener, are you a birch or an oak? River birches, opportunistic pioneers that move in after forest fires, can reach their full height in 30 years, but have a relatively short life span. White oaks, which add only an inch or two in circumference every year, can stand up to 600 years. Birches opt for the meteoric flash of fame, while the oaks are shooting for posterity. One is Miley Cyrus; the other is Eric Clapton. Gardeners, in Green Lake as in the world, are schooled in patience (firmly and repeatedly) by the caprices of weather. They rapidly…
April 2010
April 27, 2010 at 8:00AM
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Green Lake’s Streetwise Gardener: Short Cuts to Your Dream Garden
April 26, 2010 at 11:04PM
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Green Lake named a "Best Place to Live"
Excellent! Green Lake was just named as one of Seattle Met Magazine‘s “Best Places to Live 2010.” The article makes mention of the Green Lake loop, the Poetess at Green Lake, and … MyGreenLake.com! Green Lake is described as “the heart of the city,” with “an urban setting that doesn’t sacrifice community bonds for hipster-baiting appeal.” photo credit: mary_gaston22
April 26, 2010 at 6:39PM
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Seattle Parks and Rec Superintendent Tim Gallagher resigns
West Seattle Blog is reporting that Seattle Parks and Recreation Superintendent Tim Gallagher has just turned in his letter of resignation. His memo reads in part: Clearly, the subject of long-term sustainability is one that must be addressed in the next year. Voter approval of several recent levys shows the tremendous public support for parks and recreation, unfortunately operation and maintenance resources have not been provided to the department to match the public’s request. The result is a park and recreation system that is now unsustainable and in jeopardy of collapse. Unfortunately, the press has decided to focus on other…
April 26, 2010 at 4:55PM
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Another blast from Green Lake’s culinary past: Greenlake Jake’s
Following on the heels of our look at the history of the Green Lake Grill, we received the following request from My Green Lake reader Steve: I was wondering if you also have information on the old breakfast place that was on the site of what’s now the building that houses Bluwater Bistro, Zeeks, etc. When I moved here in 1995, I remember my real estate agent taking me to what I believe was an old gas station turned into a diner that served good breakfasts. It closed soon after, and was razed for future development which come in the…
April 26, 2010 at 3:41PM
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Tree crashes down in Green Lake Park
Just before 3 p.m. this afternoon (Monday, April 26, 2010), a loud crash could be heard in Green Lake Park. A tree, located just north of the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N), was felled by a gust of wind. My Green Lake tipster Michael Bowers provided this shot of the tree: Michael reports that no one was hurt when the tree came down.
