Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
I spent an hour or so early last Friday morning watching the first annual poppy of the year pop into bloom. It’s called Lauren’s Grape, Papaver somniferum, obviously for the colour, but I wondered who Lauren is? Is it a real person? Are they alive? I went down the internet rabbit hole early this morning […]
Eager and organized gardeners have been collecting seeds for months now, saving pods and capsules from bulbs, perennials, annuals and bulbs as they ripened, or letting them get mushy (tomatoes) or go to seed without deadheading (lupins, alliums) to collect seeds. Other gardeners (ie me) forget, can’t be bothered, procrastinate until it’s too late, or, […]
County Gardening 