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30 Jun 2021

Garden Journal: June 2021

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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

30 May 2021

Garden Journal: May 2021

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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

30 Apr 2021

Garden Journal: April 2021

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Container Gardening, Garden areas, The Garden 2021, What's Been Happening? | 13

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

31 Mar 2021

Garden Journal: March 2021

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2021, What's Been Happening? | 10

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

28 Feb 2021

Garden Journal: February 2021

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2021, What's Been Happening? | 13

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

31 Jan 2021

Garden Journal: January 2021

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2021, What's Been Happening? | 25

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

31 May 2020

Goodbye – Hello

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crafty's Projects, Rocks, The Garden 2020, What's Been Happening? | 21

Goodbye to May, a month of changeable weather from polar vortex cold to lots of rain to stifling heat and humidity. Hello to June – what will you bring? May was the month of growth in the garden, and it … Continued

7 May 2020

May-be …

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Birds, Lens Friends, The Garden 2020, What's Been Happening? | 26

… it will get warmer soon. May-be the restrictions set on all of us will start to be gradually lifted. May-be there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. Until then the garden is a source of … Continued

21 Apr 2020

This is April

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2020, What's Been Happening? | 15

April has been a mixture of rain, wind and cold days. There was just the odd day that gave you the feeling that spring weather was there, but it only lasted a few hours. Just a tease! The garden continues … Continued

17 Jul 2019

An Enjoyable Break

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Crafty's Projects, Eye on the Sky, Out and About, What's Been Happening? | 21

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

25 May 2019

Creating and Downsizing

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Garden areas, The Garden 2019, What's Been Happening? | 9

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

21 Nov 2018

Closing out November

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Birds, The Garden 2018, What's Been Happening? | 9

~ It is lovely and sunny today but the wind is very strong and cold. We had some snow this morning and at times it was like being in a snow globe. The wind was blowing the snow around and … Continued