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 […]
‘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 […]
Another soggy Saturday – glad to have cut the grass yesterday; also glad to have taken a few flower photos so that I can again join Jim and his crew with Six on Saturday – six things in the garden this week. I’ll start with these Asiatic lilies – ‘Tinilco’ – now at their peak. […]
I remember last week with fondness….it was chilly at night, sunny and warm during the day. Perfect late spring conditions for doing just about anything outdoors. Then the heat dome creeped in and summer arrived like a switch being turned on…ugh! We have survived, of course, and so has the garden. In fact, the high […]