Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
It’s a watermelon! Nope! It’s a watermelon radish! I planted seeds on August 15 after reading that radishes are a cool weather crop; since I missed the early spring planting window I needed to wait until the end of summer. And it worked! I sowed the seeds in the garlic bed, a few weeks after […]
With autumn just around the corner and waking up to single digit temperatures this morning I thought it was high time to go on a fall photo shoot. I’ll be joining Jim at Garden Ruminations, and no doubt many other gardeners around the world, showcasing fall colours today — hopefully some spring things from Down […]
Much is said and written about maple tree leaves turning various shades of red, orange and yellow in the fall and I, being a proud Canadian, of course agree with how spectacular that looks. One of the best things about autumn in the Great White North. But I’ve come to appreciate two additional, smaller plants […]
We’ve had a few nights of patchy frost around here (although not in my garden), and the cool temperatures have hastened the retreat of chlorophyll from tree leaves while a few breezy days has hastened the falling of said leaves. Winter is definitely coming, but before that, how about six things in the early October […]
Still colourful in the garden on Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada
