Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
We’ll have cool nights, but sunny and warm days for this long weekend – very welcome after a few weeks of sporadic torrential downpours and tropical humidity. I’m going to take a look at six things in gardens around the world by dropping into Jim’s site – Garden Ruminations – and join in with three […]
Sounds like a cheery song from a Disney movie, doesn’t it? It’s the scientific name for the five spotted hawkmoth, which, of course, is what emerges from the pupa of a tomato hornworm. What I learned on Monday is that the caterpillars eat everything in the Solanaeae plant family. That includes tomatoes, yes, but also […]
We’ve had a LOT of rain in the past few weeks, with thunderstorms on their way, again, later today and overnight, but we’ve also had some deliciously warm and sunny days. That combination has encouraged spring bulbs and sleeping edibles to explode with fresh foliage and many, finally, flowers. I’m able to join Jim at […]
This year’s growing season started off fabulously. We had a prolonged cool and wet spring so I waited until the beginning of June before finally transplanting tomatoes and annuals: the soil by then was warm and moist. I mulched well, things started to grow and, for a while, all was good in my little garden […]
A month after spring officially started there’s finally enough happening in my garden to share six things, and to finally join Jim at Garden Ruminations again in his Six on Saturday meme.We had a nice cold temperatures and a decent amount of snow this past winter, for a change, I might add, which delayed by […]
It’s been a pretty glorious week here – half a day of rain on Wednesday but the rest of the week has been nothing but sunshine and unicorns. I was able to get my tomatoes and dahlias planted yesterday and will be sinking gladiola bulbs later today, as well as sowing Zinnia and beet seeds. […]