Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
We had a few very hazy, smokey days earlier this week, with more to come, we’re told – I’m NOT complaining about it! – my heart breaks seeing on TV images of wildfires blazing through northern Ontario, 700 – 1,000 kms from here, and people fleeing as their homes and livelihoods are destroyed. Not to […]
I was thrilled that my butterfly milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa – popped up again this spring in my kitchen garden. It’s not supposed to favour the compacted rocky clay soil I planted it in, preferring sandy well drained soil to sink its tap root into. It’s also supposed to be very drought tolerant though, so […]
We’re on the outer edges of a ‘heat dome’ that’s centred over Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee. With our humidex temperatures approaching 40 degrees celsius (more than 100 fahrenheit), I can’t imagine what it’s like further south. A side effect of this dome appears to be random, rambling thunderstorms that have brought flooding to many areas […]
What a week! Canada’s men’s team ‘drew’ 1-1 against Boznia and Herzegovina yesterday (is that the right way to say they tied?), our first ever world cup point for a men’s team, and the game was in Toronto so of course there was pandemonium in the streets, pandemonium I say (LOL – the hyperbole is […]
It’s been raining lightly most of the night and radar shows it continuing for a few more hours. This is welcome, the first rain in a few weeks, but a bit inconvenient as I’d planned three days of non-stop gardening to prepare for my first ever ‘open garden’ on Tuesday morning. A busload of keen […]
Everything in the garden has loved the sunny days this past week, even though it’s been a tad chilly. Today’s the day to plant out tomatoes and peppers and hope for the best so just a quick springtime Six to join Jim at Garden Ruminations. I lost several trees and shrubs, or parts of shrubs, […]
It’s a chilly, rainy weekend here – great for reading a book or visiting garden centres (I’m just back from visiting three in the area – no crowds at all which is very sad for them but nice for me) but not great for toodling about taking photos of pretty flowers. Happily, I was out […]
I think we’re done with frosty nights now, and it’s safe to start hardening off the tomato, peppers and marigolds I started indoors last month. They won’t be planted out for a few more weeks but I know they’ll be much happier out on the back porch then stuck indoors under grow lights – at […]
A friend who lives in a more southern clime messaged me yesterday asking if the tree leaves are fully out now…oak,maple, chestnut…ummmm nope! The hardwood forests and tree lines are still quite leafless, although buds are expanding and, in many cases, have broken. The cooler than normal temps mean spring bulbs last longer though, and […]
There’s a very dark, very large cloud heading our way at the moment (7:02 a.m. on Saturday) and it’s supposed to provide another round of heavy rain all day. So much for best laid spring garden work plans eh? I’m very happy I took some photos Thursday evening as the sun was going down and […]