Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Last week, when I mentioned that I had let my cut flowers rest in a jar of water for a few hours before arranging and photographing them, Cathy, at Rambling in the Garden, replied that she rarely has enough time to condition her own blooms before putting a vase together. It made me think that […]
Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida and Ratibida pinnata.
More than three weeks left in summer. Officially. But with days getting noticeably shorter and temperatures several degrees cooler than average (single digits when we got out of bed yesterday – Shileau came down the stairs with me but then just curled up on the couch!) it really is beginning to feel a lot like […]
When I first started gardening (eons ago, it seems) in my tiny Toronto backyard, one of the first flowers I bought was a Black Eyed Susan. It was lovely – small, hairy leaves with bright orange-yellow flowers in late summer. I planted it in an area that started out in full sun but gradually, as […]
County Gardening 