Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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 […]
It’s been a hazy few days in much of North America; wind has pushed smoke from huge wildfires in the northern Canadian prairie provinces south and east across the continent. It’s a minor inconvenience for most, but of course a terrible tragedy for those who have lost everything. These giant fires seem to be happening […]
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 […]
After a slow start to the spring it seems we’re almost caught up to normal, gardening-wise. I looked at photos from this time last year and just a few flowering shrubs and small trees aren’t quite at the same stage. Dandelions, on the other hand, seem much more abundant than normal, but perhaps I say […]
The parade of daffs is coming to an end (but but not that quickly, happily, thanks to a cold front that came through a few nights ago) and the Hyacinths are all but done with. Now we have a few days wait for lilac, Allium, Cercis, Amalenchier and Lupine to bloom. It’s a brief pause […]
…and some red. But mainly the garden is blue and yellow this weekend, as Muscari armeniacum and Muscari latifolium are in full bloom and daffodills start to take off. ‘Tête-à-tête, ‘Jetfire,’ ‘Dutch Master ‘and now these ‘Ice Follies’ daffodils are now blooming: Corydalis solida is popping up here and there. I planted a bit about […]
Snow has fallen on points south, north and west but the ground is still bare here. I can still wear shorts on mid-day runs even while my neck enjoys being coddled in a buff, and there is still some lovely fall colour in the garden even if it’s mostly provided by foliage rather than flowers. […]
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 […]
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