Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Back in May I splurged and purchased a trio of fairly large foxgloves. I’ve had them over the years, even started them from seed a few times, but they are the truest form of ‘short lived perennial’ that I’ve encountered. Even with leaving flower stalks and seedheads to stay, and drop seeds below the parent […]
We had a few very hazy, smokey days earlier this week, with more to come, we’re told – I’m NOT complaining about it! – my heart breaks seeing on TV images of wildfires blazing through northern Ontario, 700 – 1,000 kms from here, and people fleeing as their homes and livelihoods are destroyed. Not to […]
We’re on the outer edges of a ‘heat dome’ that’s centred over Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee. With our humidex temperatures approaching 40 degrees celsius (more than 100 fahrenheit), I can’t imagine what it’s like further south. A side effect of this dome appears to be random, rambling thunderstorms that have brought flooding to many areas […]
Another week with no rain…Clematis is being crispified but a few things are looking almost normal… Whether a result of bulbs buried deeply, a huge fibrous root ball or even a bit of hand watering, there’s a few things in the garden looking pretty good this weekend – good enough certainly to add them to […]
It seems insensitive to complain about our weather (very hot, very humid, very dry) considering so many other places in the world have experienced worse this summer, but let me just say my rain barrels are almost empty and I fear for my tomatoes. I was wandering about the garden early yesterday morning and noticed, […]
I’m joining Jim and his global Sixers today with photos taken on my old cell phone. The garden is very colourful at this time of year, with daylilies and alliums and roses and coneflowers all blooming. Earwigs are feasting on the Zinnias and beans like never before, but tomatoes are growing higher and faster than […]
It’s hot, it’s humid, the garden would love some rain…
Tropical, annuals and vines in today’s Six on Saturday
Two springs ago I planted five ‘Tinilco’ Asiatic lilies and boy, did they ever come up beautifully this year! I was all set to enjoy a few weeks of their deep maroon loveliness but the gardening gods had other plans – almost all the buds were nipped off, some just a day before opening, others […]
I placed a stool on our back porch a few weeks ago, wanting somewhere to put a glass of water or sandwich when I’m sitting in the comfy chair, resting between gardening chores. It’s also the perfect spot for a blowsy, informal vase of flowers. I’m just rambling around this morning, watering where needed (ie […]