garden journal 2015 – craftygardener.ca

9 Oct 2015

Preparing the Garden for Winter

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The garden clean up is finished. It has been a busy week in the garden as I aimed to get the jobs that involved lifting, bending and digging all completed. This weekend is the Canadian Thanksgiving so there were also … Continued

29 Aug 2015

Relocating the Bottle Tree

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2015, Whimsy | 0

This morning saw the end of a garden area in the garden that has been going for two years. The bottle tree came down. However all is not lost as I found a new home for the bottles till something … Continued

2 Aug 2015

The ‘Glory’ous Bottle Tree

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: The Garden 2015, Whimsy | 0

Have you ever visualized a garden project and then had it look just like you thought it would? Last year I could see the bottle tree covered in morning glory vines and looking ‘glory’ous. Right now the morning glory … Continued

20 Jul 2015

Bursting with Blooms for July

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Garden areas, Plant Profiles | 0

It was amazing to see what had burst into bloom while we were away for the first half of the month. Everything looks so lush, full and green.

21 Jun 2015

Lots of Yellow Blooms for June

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Have you been enjoying June? The weather has been changeable from rain, to cooler days, to gorgeous days. Some daycations have been happening and a bit less time on the website.

7 Jun 2015

Can’t Keep Up With June

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June is here and finally an end to the nights that dropped below 0 Celsius. The gardens are growing, and growing and growing. It is hard to keep up with what is in bud and what is blooming. The gorgeous … Continued

30 May 2015

Plant Profile: Peonies

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The pretty, pale pink peonies are blooming. I’ve been taking lots of photos of them because, as we all know, the blooms don’t last that long.

26 May 2015

May Gardens

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May is one of my favourite months in the garden with so much lush, green growth and the appearance of lovely spring blooms that we seem to have been waiting for so long to open. Last weekend the evil Step … Continued

12 May 2015

It Was a Glorious Week

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The weather was wonderful last week, in fact a couple of the days had summer like temperatures reaching 25 Celsius and our first humidex reading of the year close to 30 Celsius. As much as we have been wanting the warm … Continued

28 Apr 2015

The Garden is Getting Greener

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Last week was a wet, dreary, cold, windy, rainy, snowy, chilly, cloudy sort of week. It certainly wasn’t a week for working out in the garden. Yet despite the weather the grass is getting greener, the plants are shooting … Continued

17 Apr 2015

Changing for the Better

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The weather continues to improve and I’m able to spend more time outside. There are lots of garden jobs at this time of the year so doing a few each day makes the load seem less. It’s time for Five … Continued

10 Apr 2015

April Showers

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Here we are heading into the double digits of April. We want the warm days of spring but we’ve been getting the wet days of April. I hope that old saying of April Showers brings May flowers is true.