Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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, […]
Spring finally, officially at least, arrives on Friday. Snow has mostly melted away here, although there’s more in the forecast in the coming days and our last frost date is still nearly two months away. But we have snowdrops aplenty and, thanks to a few branches cut from a very large ‘Ottawa Early’ Forsythia and […]
After a cold winter and a month-long delay to the start of spring blooms the garden is now quickly colouring up, with daffodils, even beyond the diminutive tête-à-tête variety, now starting to bloom. Expect several weeks of Monday vases filled with yellow, including today’s, which has the first three regular sized daffs to bloom this […]
It’s been a while eh, but I’m happy to join Cathy once again this year for her regular Monday showcase of cut flowers in some sort of container. While there’s still only snowdrops and a few crocuses blooming in the garden, I did cut and bring inside a few Forsythia branches last weekend and forced […]
I was out of town for 12 days; unusual for me, as I don’t travel much, doubly so given the season, and the garden growth explosion that occurs in April. Although it’s been raining since my return, I’m told it was warm and sunny while I was away, encouraging bulbs to pop up and flower […]
Have you cut a few Forsythia twigs to bring inside yet?
Colourful Spring Awakenings in the garden.
Spring flowers in #PrinceEdwardCounty