Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Week whatever of our summer drought. Areas north, south, east and west of us have been getting the odd thundershower but my County, or at least my part of it, jutting down into Lake Ontario as it does, has had just a few drops, literally, of rain the the past many weeks. Think crispy, dust […]
A hot humid heat wave is about to edge north across the Great Lakes bringing a risk of afternoon thunderstorms every day for the next week or so. Yesterday though, and the day before and the day before, it was quite fabulous outdoors. Some sun, warm but not hot, and the air whenever I stepped […]
Peonies are opening this week, bringing blocks of red, pink and white to the garden, but there are many interesting purple flowers open as well, including a pair of Geraniums that were supposed to be pink. I’ll start with this Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersens Variety.’ At least, that’s what the label on the pot said when […]
Although a cold front moved in overnight and this morning it’s quite cool, wet and blustery, yesterday was glorious. I was able to do some mowing (although there’s still a lot of very soggy chunks of the yard I can’t get the mower into), some planting (although the tomatoes are still waiting to be transplanted…maybe […]
Holy macaroni it’s been cold this month! The coldest May since the 1960’s, in fact. Not that we’ve had snow or even frost (unusual in itself) but that daytime highs have struggled to reach double digits and nighttime lows have consistently been between plus four and eight – not conducive to planting tomatoes or most […]
Although we’re well into autumn, a lovely south wind is bringing balmy, 20c/70f degrees and sunshine this weekend – thanks Texas and Florida! A few light overnight frosts this past week have, unfortunately, succeeded in killing off the more tropical annuals (Tithonia and Lablab purpurea are not a pretty sight…), while leaving some of the […]
Remnants from another hurricane – Debbie, she was called – made it very wet in Eastern Canada yesterday. Happily, I took a few photos of the garden on Thursday so that I might join Jim at Garden Ruminations for Six on Saturday. I’ll start off with a few splashes of red – nice for hummingbirds […]
‘Remnants’ of Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on Thursday, leaving behind four inches of rain but, unlike other areas on the continent, no death or damage. (More than a million people near Houston, Texas, have been without electricity since Monday!) It’s rare for us, so far inland and so far north, to experience these […]
It was a cool and slightly damp weekend here, perfect for gardening, really, and of course I was outside much of the time, mowing and trying to keep the garden under some sort of control. That meant pulling up or cutting back some of the Ox Eye daisies that spread so easily here and, in […]
Pretty sure I mentioned, about a year ago, that I received a pair of trail cams for Christmas last year – ie two Christmases ago. Overall, I’m a tad disappointed in both the image quality and the critter quantity. It could very well be that I just haven’t deciphered the instructions correctly, but for some reason I […]
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