Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Cathy, who writes Rambling in the Garden and hosts this weekly collection of flowers cut from our gardens, is featuring a plethora of pink blooms today. Quite by coincidence, I also chose, while strolling through my gardens late yesterday afternoon, pinkish flowers for my vase today. We’ve had a bit of rain in the past […]
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 […]
Declaring that you have a favourite flower in your garden just may be a bit like admitting you have a favourite child. If said out loud there may just be silence in the room, perhaps a muted gasp or two, averted eyes, a nervous giggle, curious looks…. I mean, out of the dozens or perhaps […]
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 […]
No rain, week something…I’m about to sacrifice the tomatoes (which weren’t producing much anyway) and save the last of the rain barrel water for the new red maple whips, containers, and a few selected veggies and flowers. I didn’t plan it this way, but when I looked through the photos I took yesterday morning the […]
This year’s growing season started off fabulously. We had a prolonged cool and wet spring so I waited until the beginning of June before finally transplanting tomatoes and annuals: the soil by then was warm and moist. I mulched well, things started to grow and, for a while, all was good in my little garden […]
Just getting this post in under the wire with less than an hour to spare before sundown, joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden with a vase of flowers cut from my garden. The flowers themselves were cut 12 hours ago, and I did take a few photos then, but wanted to also give them […]
County Gardening 