June is when summer begins. It’s a month of lots of blooms, heat, bugs, air conditioning, and lots of outdoor cooking and eating. The eveing primrose are in full bloom. The Egyptian Walking Onions are producing all sorts of little … Continued
May is a wonderful time in the garden. Lots of growth, lots of blooms, lots of scents, lots of work, lots of enjoyment. It is also a time to say hello and goodbye to lots of blooms on plants. The … Continued
April is the month when growth really starts happening in the garden. The weather has been lovely this month, warmer than usual, so I was able to spend a lot of time outside. One area I’ve been working on is … Continued
The month of March brings lots of changes to the garden. The first of March blew in like a lion. Lots of wind and some snow. Daylight Savings time arrived on March 13, 2021 and the spring season arrived on … Continued
The month of February has the least number of days but sometimes it feels like the longest month. If the pandemic doesn’t keep you at home, the weather in February will. Being retired means we don’t have to worry about … Continued
January and the start of a new year. Weather wise it was not as cold as usual at the start of the month, and we saw many days hovering around 0 Celsius and just above. Instead of looking through the … Continued
We were so lucky to have a week away at a cottage recently. How wonderful to sit by the lake, watch the wildlife, watch the sunset, go for leisurely walks and enjoy the sounds of the lake lapping on shore. … Continued
Gardening just doesn’t happen overnight. Last year we decided to create a new garden between the back trees which is a shady area. The first thing we did was bring home a lot of logs from the local landfill which … Continued
Last Friday was a ‘tea’riffic mail day as the mailman left a package in the mailbox that I wasn’t expecting till next week. I’m so glad it fit into the mailbox as usually a card is left and we have … Continued
I’ve been absent from my website for just about 5 weeks while we were visiting our daughter and family in British Columbia. Luckily for us we missed all the frigid temperatures that Ontario had at the end of December and … Continued
~ On October 23 in the morning we woke up to a red sky. Take warning says the old weather saying. We knew that rain was heading our way in the next day or so. The leaves are coming down … Continued
~ The weather is getting more seasonal as we move into October. The Fall colours haven’t been as spectacular this year and the past few days have been rainy and windy causing the leaves to flutter to the ground. We … Continued