With warm weather and longer days, all of the flowering plants and shrubs are growing, some getting ready to bloom, some now if flower. It is a time for transplanting, cleaning flower beds, propagating new plants, and cleaning up. Landscape … Continue reading →
Gardening brings a daily set of tasks in spring. Irrigation needs to be repaired and adjusted. Perennials and small shrubs are divided and transplanted. Debris is cleaned up and bagged for recycling. The greens garden is planted. Any final pruning … Continue reading →
Spring is a busy time. In the last two weeks I have planted my greens garden, cleaned up the vegetable gardens, rebuilt a fence section, painted two fences, recycled a lot of material, and I have transplanted a number … Continue reading →
In the first week of spring at the end of March, the first flowers are in bloom and many plants are leafing out. Work is underway in all of the garden beds, but a bit of time was also … Continue reading →
In the last few days of November, the temperatures ranged from -3ºC to +2ºC. No hard frosts had yet decimated standing plants, but that is not far away. In the vegetable garden chard and arugula was still fine. … Continue reading →
There has been a few light frosts overnight and the garden beds are being cleaned up of frost-bitten annuals, going-dormant perennials, and end-of-season vegetables and herbs. Some of the many chores in progress are listed on the Journal page. … Continue reading →
We spend time every day in our garden beds and borders. The vegetable garden is full of produce for frequent harvest, but it also needs weeding and cleaning up. Rockeries and rock gardens tend to take care of themselves, … Continue reading →
We are in nature’s gardens every day, mostly hiking in the hills, paddling on lakes, and exploring the grasslands, forests, and ridges of the area. We also are in the garden every day, taking on the usual tasks of … Continue reading →
Every month brings new flowers, maturing vegetables, and herbs, and shrub growth. We go out every day to weed, deadhead, harvest, transplant, rebuild, clean up, and survey what needs to be done. But we also go out just … Continue reading →
In our home gardens, June is a wonderful time for flowering plants in borders, rockeries, perennial beds, and even in the vegetable garden. Each day we walk the paths to enjoy the displays, taking a few photos each day. There … Continue reading →
