Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
The yard is both dotted and swathed in various shades of yellow as daffodils and dandelions compete for attention – for totally different reasons – as they strive to make up for the late start to spring. Bees have unburrowed as well – I noticed many large bumblebee types buzzing around both Muscari and diving […]
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 […]
Every Monday Cathy at Rambling in the Garden invites us to join her in sharing materials from our gardens. My camera went wonky this morning, resetting itself for some reason so that when I downloaded a few images the date was wrong and pix were taken and stored as .jpegs, instead of RAW. Very strange […]
It’s Thanksgiving Day in Canada, about a month earlier than in the U.S. because, you know, it’s generally colder here and harvests are mostly all in. Traditionally, it’s a day for turkey dinners with multiple veggie side dishes topped off with pumpkin pie, enjoyed with family and friends around a table dotted with multiple vases […]
I titled last week’s vase V and Divas – referring to the Verbena bonariensis and Dahlias that were featured. There’s still a lot of ‘V’ in the garden, and I’m pairing it this week with a few round Nasturtium leaves. It still feels like late summer here with plenty of warm sunshine (for dragonflies, spiders […]
I listen to a podcast that’s quite popular in Britain; it features two gents humorously discussing their lives and answering listeners’ questions about etiquette. Quite a pleasant way for me to pass the time while on the highway or treadmill. These two guys refer to their listeners as ‘G and Divas‘ – referring to the […]
At my nephew’s wedding a few weeks ago, each place setting had a teeny tiny jar of this most delicious hazelnut spread waiting to be taken home and enjoyed. It was indeed delicious, and the jar, I thought, even with its super-glued-on label, would make a perfect container for a few small blooms. Here it […]
I wandered about the parched yarden late this afternoon, cutting a few stems for a jar I could enter in tonight’s Ameliasburgh Garden Club meeting floral competition – the theme was ‘Rainbow Arrangement.’ As much rain as we’ve had this summer (record setting!), it’s been dry and hot the past two weeks and much of […]
When I set out yesterday to snip some flowers for a vase (joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden), I fully intended to gather an armload of goldenrod (Solidago sp, it started to bloom about a week ago) and have spikes of Verbena bonariensis poking through the golden yellow cloud. The picture in my mind […]
County Gardening 