Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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 […]
Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what’s growing in our gardens; at the end of July, there’s plenty of blooms to choose from and my back porch cafe table is jammed with small jars and vases jostling for space amongst the ever growing resident Begonia and […]
‘b’ is for Verbena bonariensis. Dozens of small seedlings have now appeared, joining the very few seeds that germinated at the usual time earlier this year. Verbena ’til frost! ‘c’ is for Daucas carota – Queen Anne’s Lace or wild carrot – waving gracefully in garden beds, meadows and even unmowed sections of the lawn. […]
This may be my favourite vase of the year, featuring a few stems from each of this year’s cutting garden stalwarts: Zinnia, Verbena bonariensis, Dahlia, strawflowers and the very last gladiola to bloom. I feel a bit guilty posting this today because the flowers were cut and pictures taken two weeks ago, but the British […]
Operators of a campground on the shores of Lake Ontario not far from here have apparently decided to shoot off fireworks every long weekend this year. Not a bad thing, unless your dog is one of those petrified by the loud bangs, and quite pretty from the back windows. I was reminded of the fireworks […]
More Dahlias, this time with Snapdragons, for this week’s vase of cut flowers.
A jar of summer delight from the kitchen garden.
This is my third year growing Italian Ranunculus; in my garden, they started to open a week or so ago. The first year I planted them right in the garden near the end of April (they like to get started when the temperatures are cool, and don’t mind a touch of frost), around the same […]
I took some photos last weekend of a vase filled with ‘Queen of the Night’ tulips and Narcissus ‘Thalia’ and Poeticus; unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to download or share them but it’s just as well – I really like how the tulips, indoors in their vase for several days, gently bent down to […]
Overnight last Thursday, Friday and Saturday we had below freezing temperatures and woke to frosty white lawns and leaves, not to mention petals on the remaining garden flowers. It’s much warmer this week but the damage has been done, and although Calendula and Antirrhinum (Snapdragons) have held their own, the Zinnias, Salvia, strawflowers and Dahlias […]