Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
A friend who lives in a more southern clime messaged me yesterday asking if the tree leaves are fully out now…oak,maple, chestnut…ummmm nope! The hardwood forests and tree lines are still quite leafless, although buds are expanding and, in many cases, have broken. The cooler than normal temps mean spring bulbs last longer though, and […]
There’s a very dark, very large cloud heading our way at the moment (7:02 a.m. on Saturday) and it’s supposed to provide another round of heavy rain all day. So much for best laid spring garden work plans eh? I’m very happy I took some photos Thursday evening as the sun was going down and […]
We’ve had a LOT of rain in the past few weeks, with thunderstorms on their way, again, later today and overnight, but we’ve also had some deliciously warm and sunny days. That combination has encouraged spring bulbs and sleeping edibles to explode with fresh foliage and many, finally, flowers. I’m able to join Jim at […]
I’m joining Cathy and other gardeners at Rambling in the Garden this week, sort of, in presenting cut flowers (or branches or grasses or seedheads) from their garden. ‘Sort of’ because although I intended to snip a few stems from this purchased pot of mini daffodils (likely ‘Tête-à-Tête;’ it’s a tad annoying that growers can’t […]
Winter is now just a memory of deep snow and frigid nights – it’s truly amazing how fast we’ve flipped the calendar to April and all of a sudden spring bulbs are poking through no longer frozen soil and yes, there are even a few flowers in bloom. There’s enough happening in my garden today […]
Has anyone read West with Giraffes? I’m just a few dozen pages in but I’m already loving this 2021 Lynda Rutledge novel, even if the font in this edition seems extremely small to my aged eyes. It’s the tale of how two giraffes survive a hurricane while en route to New York City in 1938, […]
On Wednesday I posted a couple shots of the first flowers opening on the umbel of an Allium cristophii. What struck me was how large that individual flower was, and how it was like a beacon, there to guide the rest of the flowers in the inflorescence as they waited to open. Yesterday I was […]
The yard is both dotted and swathed in various shades of yellow as daffodils and dandelions compete for attention – for totally different reasons – as they strive to make up for the late start to spring. Bees have unburrowed as well – I noticed many large bumblebee types buzzing around both Muscari and diving […]
…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 […]