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 →
On a warm and windy afternoon, I went out for a garden walk, enjoying flowers in bloom in several locations. Photographs in the wind don’t work for long-stemmed species so I focused mainly on low-growing or sheltered spots. … Continue reading →
n most days in spring, summer, and fall we walk through the gardens, enjoying the perennials, annuals, ferns, herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, and shrubs as they go through the cycle of greening up, developing, blossoming, and fruiting. We take … Continue reading →
We work in the garden most days and see flowers and shrubs blooming, vegetables and herbs growing, trees leafing and setting blossoms, and the new spring growth everywhere. There is much to do each day, but we also take … Continue reading →
The vegetable gardens are planted with spring crops and many seedlings are now showing. A second planting is planned for around Victoria Day. We have the promise of spinach and peas soon. In the flower beds and borders, … Continue reading →
A late-winter and early spring project is now in the final stages. My back yard was a gravel slope down to the street below and over the years I have hauled in concrete blocks to build three retaining walls … Continue reading →
