Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
A week ago I featured radishes in my 6 on Saturday post; watermelon radishes grow quickly, love the cool late summer/early autumn weather, they’re huge and when sliced resemble watermelons with their green thick outer skin and pink centre. I have an abundant crop and limited salads to add them to, and was searching for […]
It’s Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Aside from the usual things (family, friends, relative good health, a warm bed at night and food in the refrigerator), I’m also giving thanks that I live on a part of the continent that usually escapes the worst ravages mother natures throws out, global warming induced or not. I’m reading […]
There were dire warning Saturday and Sunday about imminent frosty nights and protect your tender garden things. I, however, generally don’t protect tender things in the fall. I breath a sigh of relief that I no longer have to water them or dead-head or check for bad bugs. I anticipate with glee more time to…I […]
It’s a watermelon! Nope! It’s a watermelon radish! I planted seeds on August 15 after reading that radishes are a cool weather crop; since I missed the early spring planting window I needed to wait until the end of summer. And it worked! I sowed the seeds in the garlic bed, a few weeks after […]
With autumn just around the corner and waking up to single digit temperatures this morning I thought it was high time to go on a fall photo shoot. I’ll be joining Jim at Garden Ruminations, and no doubt many other gardeners around the world, showcasing fall colours today — hopefully some spring things from Down […]
We’ll have cool nights, but sunny and warm days for this long weekend – very welcome after a few weeks of sporadic torrential downpours and tropical humidity. I’m going to take a look at six things in gardens around the world by dropping into Jim’s site – Garden Ruminations – and join in with three […]