It’s a hot, hot summer. The heatwave and drought continues into August in my part of Ontario. The temperatures are usually in the mid to high 30’s by afternoon and then when you factor in the humidex levels it goes into the low 40’s some days.
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Archives for The Garden 2016
July 2016- Hot, Humid and Dry
July is coming to a close and what a month it has been. The words hot, humid, and parched come to mind when describing it. Temperature records have been set and when the humidity is factored it some of the afternoons have been unbearable. Rain has been almost non-existent.
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The July Garden
July is here and the pace of living and blogging has slowed right down. The weather is gorgeous for sitting in the garden to watch, read, knit, crochet, craft and photograph. In fact some days it has been so humid, even the shade feels hot. Thursday was one of those days when the humidex was close to 40 Celsius so even sitting in the shade is hot. So I took the opportunity to spend some time putting together five things from the garden this month to share with Five on Friday. The first to share is the gorgeous yucca. The
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Sinkville Village
It’s almost time to say goodbye to June. It was a hot month that saw the strawberry moon arrive the same time as the summer solstice. We didn’t get a good view of the full moon as that evening we had terrific thunder storms with heavy rain and strong winds and our area was under tornado warning for a couple of hours.
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Enjoying the Garden
There is lots going on in the garden as we head into the summer solstice. The long daylight hours have been wonderful giving more time to enjoy the outdoors.
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Blooming Beautiful
It’s that time of year when blooms are appearing daily. Thankfully we had some much needed rain overnight and early this morning.
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Goodbye May
It just seemed like May arrived and here we are enjoying the last few days. The weather switched into hot and dry mode. So many local areas have fire bans and the grass is rapidly drying out and the ground is hardening up.
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Purple Finches Aren’t Purple
Why are they called purple finches when they aren’t purple? In fact Roger Tory Peterson said they were sparrows dipped in raspberry sauce.
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Birds and Blooms in May
This is a time of year that I love in the garden. It is finally getting warm enough to enjoy being outside for longer periods of time. The many perennials are all poking through the ground and growing fairly quickly. And best of all the blooms are appearing.
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Is It Finally Here?
Gardening season is finally here. The wether is improving and the gardens are beckoning. I’ll be spending more time outside, not just in the gardens, but getting out and about, and less time publishing posts.
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