from "Compelling Landscapes" presenting Gallery 52...
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| ©0743 Sunny Walls | Iris Photgraphs ©0735 Blue Iris in Skagit Valley |
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| ©0750 Little Mountain at Roozengaarde Garden |
Skagit
Valley Washington ©0742 Swinomish Channel |
Blue
Diamond
Iris Photgraphs ©0734 Farming Skagit Valley |
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©0741 Queen of the Night Tulips
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©0738 Burgundy Lace
in Garden click
for closeup |
©0739 Greenland Tulips click
for closeup |
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| Skagit Valley
pictures ©0745 Lettuce Field |
Skagit Valley
pictures ©0744 Lettuce All Day Long |
Skagit Valley
pictures ©0747 Planting Lettuce |
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Skagit Valley Washington
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| ©0746 White Iris | ©0740 Skagit Valley Mustard Field | ©0749 Ivy Barn |
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| ©0748 Daffodils Surprise | ©0736 Delicate | ©0751 Fir-Conway Church | ©0737 The Tulip Barn |
This Gallery is a
look at Skagit Valley farming.
Several hundred million dollars is
generated yearly by farming Skagit Valley Washington. These Skagit
Valley pictures trace the route of the Annual Skagit Valley Tulip
Festival near Mt. Vernon and its varied agricultural scenery.
Breathtaking fields of perfect blue rows
provide great iris photographs of the "Blue
Iris"
on McClean Road. Nearby displays of
"Queen of the Night", "Burgundy Lace"
and
"Greenland Tulips" add to the riot of
spring color. The Roozengaarde Display Garden sports tulips closeup
and "Little Mountain" - Mt. Vernon's high hill
lookout. "Sunny walls" of red tulips and
streams of "White Iris"
rest a stone's throw from each other...each appreciative of mild
winters and moderately dry summers...the perfect bulb growing
climate.
"Delicate" white daffodils are among many
varieties that yield many a "Daffodil
Surprise" in the early spring.
Unique
"Ivy covered Barns" and
"Barns with Tulips" painted on them are
seen as you wind your way from Mt. Vernon to LaConner. There, the
"Swinomish Channel", gateway to the Swinomish Indian Tribe on
Fidalgo Island, poses an arched bridge over Pioneer Parkway.
"Farming Skagit Valley" is always a large
proposition. Seventy percent of the world's
"Mustard" comes from Skagit Valley.
"Lettuce Fields" seem to stretch for
miles. Very specialized "Lettuce Planting"
machinery starts the crop, but "Hoeing all day
long"
is strictly one man against many weeds!
At the end of the day, the sunset at the
"Fir-Conway Church" says it all. Thanks for
mother nature's climate that creates intense, colorful beauty.
Here's a map of Skagit Valley
Washington where these pictures were taken.
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