It seems 2020 was either the hottest or the second hottest year on record. It depends on your source. Either way, we’ve yet to see negative double digits where I live in southern Ontario, even at night. We had a nice snowfall at the start of the month, but what was left on the ground […]
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In a Vase, on Monday – Slow Fade
Fading roses and a Nutcracker adorn a small table top for this week’s vase of cut flowers.
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Six on Saturday – 12/12/2020- December Blooms
Mid December and the garden is still green, with splashes of unlikely colour.
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Silent Sunday – November Red and Orange
Silent Sunday – Viburnum carlesii ‘Compactum’
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Six on Saturday – 07/11/2020 – Survivors & Victims
We’re in the midst of a November heat wave – sunny and mid teen temperatures. Unheard of really. Unfortunately, it was preceded with our first hard frost, last weekend, which was a death knell for most annuals and vegetables. Luckily I had picked my cucumber (it was delicious) and all remaining tomatoes (green or otherwise) […]
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(fading) Fungi Friday
Deteriorating mushrooms in the lawn – a healthy sign, it seems.
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Finding bons mots everywhere
A garden blogging friend in England, after noting how much time I spend in the garden when weather permits, asked me yesterday what I did in the winter, when the ground here is frozen and covered in snow. I had to think about that for a while. The majority of my ‘free time’ on spring, […]
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In a Vase, on Monday – Rescue and Recovery
Time to bring indoors a few plants for the winter.
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