Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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 […]
It’s officially the last day of summer here, with the fall equinox arriving tomorrow at 08:44 a.m. As I heard someone on the radio say the other day, it seemed it was June just yesterday but then I blinked, and it’s already autumn. It’s been a glorious summer in the garden, for the most part, […]
I know I say the same thing every year, but it’s hard to believe summer is drawing to a close. It seems like just a few weeks ago I was planting glads, dahlias and Crocosmia (which, BTW, didn’t bother to send up even a single flower spike), yet almost everything that was meant to sprout […]
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 […]
A hot and humid long weekend here. The garden is lush, even overgrown in more than a few places, so I’ll be out puttering around a lot, battling mosquitos, trying to make the paths passable, relocating the odd hornworm, drinking lots of water and just enjoying the fullness of it all. First off, even before […]
I braved hordes of hungry mosquitoes earlier this morning, in between swimming and gymnastics events being broadcast from Paris, to snap a few photos in my yarden, joining Jim at Garden Ruminations in this weekly worldwide roundup of What’s Happening in your Garden. We’ve had just a few drops of rain this week – the […]
A quick Six for a busy and beautiful weekend – to see six things in gardens all over the world take a look at our host’s site – Garden Ruminations. Mid July to mid August is prime coneflower season, including in my island bed which is chock full of mostly self seeded purple and white […]
‘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. […]
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