Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
It’s been a lovely and cool May so far, with enough rain to keep the soil moist and the grass very green and growing very quickly! Lower than normal temperatures also help prolong the spring bulb growing season, with daffodils being a prime example. Although a few of the early blooming varieties (Tête-à-Tête, Ice follies) […]
It seems I don’t have an orange vase in the house. I do; however, have this delightful orange travel cup in the kitchen cupboard. It’s not an ideal shape but it’ll do the job of showcasing these splendid Narcissus ‘Tahiti’ which have just started to bloom. It can also serve double duty in acting as […]
Has anyone read West with Giraffes? I’m just a few dozen pages in but I’m already loving this 2021 Lynda Rutledge novel, even if the font in this edition seems extremely small to my aged eyes. It’s the tale of how two giraffes survive a hurricane while en route to New York City in 1938, […]
A pair of fabulous pink Zinnias was blooming in the Zinnia patch last week so I cut one for today’s vase…took photos…uploaded to computer and realized this morning as I was writing this post that the fabulous one was at the ‘back’ of the vase and you can’t even see it. Happy I also took […]
Two things coincided to help create this week’s vase (or jar, in this case) of cut flowers: a friend’s birthday and the emergence of Colchicum flowers. My friend didn’t realize a few people know his birth date – it’s not something he likes to impose on folks yet somehow, like magic, it’s there in my […]
A good friend is talking about planting a wildflower garden atop his new septic field, so I thought I’d get him started with seeds from Ratibida pinnata aka Prairie Coneflower aka Grey Headed Coneflower. I think I’ve mentioned before how easily they spread, seeding by themselves or with the help of a hand or two […]
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 […]
I’m happy to report that, for once, the weather forecast was accurate – we received about 3/4 of an inch on rain Saturday night into Sunday morning – almost 20 mm. Enough to give the garden a much needed drink and to almost refill my three large rain barrels. perfect timing, as well, as temperatures […]
We finally had a bit of rain early yesterday morning, the first rainfall of July for us, only about 10 mm but enough to perk up the garden a bit and replenish, a bit, the rain barrels. It was enough to encourage a Zinnia to open – the first in my Zinnia patch, the early […]
I’m sure there are many counties and even regions in Canada and the U.S. that could call themselves Lilac County – perhaps elsewhere in the world as well? – but taking a ride down the main streets and the side roads of Prince Edward County the last week of May surely makes one think that […]