June was really busy and although I was out taking pictures many mornings they mostly never made it to the processing stage. So there’s a bit of catch up today although I will start with something brand new to my garden – this eye-catching butterfly bush a friend gifted me last Sunday. I know these […]
Tag: Garden Design
Six on Saturday – 10JUN2023 – Smokin’
It’s been a strange week, weather-wise, in much of Canada, with large forest fires blazing from B.C. to Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories; more than 4.3 million hectares – that’s 10.5 million acres – have burned this year, and wind patterns pushed the smoke from fires in Quebec and northern Ontario south. Smoke and […]
Six on Saturday – 21/08/2021 – side garden, foggy morning
The garden is loving our hot and humid August!
Six on Saturday – 29/05/2021 – May, aka Lupin-month
May – full of colour in the garden!
Design Fail – too many bulbs, no pleasing patterns
“But then I made my big mistake. Too many different bulbs, too small a space.”
3 Small Summer Alliums
Three diminutive flowering onions – Alliums – for the summer garden.
Six on Saturday – 23/05/2020 – Ifs, Ands and Butts
Thoughtful planning can produce beautiful results – and a new rain barrel are in this week’s Six things in the garden.
Daffs by the Dozen
At home with a thousand or so daffodils!
Silent Sunday
Cloudy day, Sunny day
Planning next year’s early spring garden
It’s almost too late to plan bulb planting for next year’s early spring garden.