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 […]
Category: Six On Saturday
Six on Saturday – 12/12/2020- December Blooms
Mid December and the garden is still green, with splashes of unlikely colour.
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) […]
Six on Saturday – 24/10/2020 -Valiant Efforts
Winter approaches – the garden winds down…
Six on Saturday – 10/10/2020 – You. Are. A. Glitter Gawd!!!!!
Still colourful in the garden on Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada
Six on Saturday – 03/10/2020 – Near and Far
The gardening season is winding down. 2020 brought horticultural enlightenment for some gardeners.
Six on Saturday – 19/09/2020 – Summer Finale
The last weekend of summer brings the last few new blooms to the garden.
Six on Saturday – 05/09/2020 – Pollinator Garden
Bees are busy buzzing around this late summer weekend.
Six on Saturday – 29/08/2020 -Lablab, my favourite botanical name
It’s the last weekend in August and the garden is already starting to take on an autumnal appearance. Tree leaves have started to turn yellow and even red, thanks in part to how dry July and August have been but also in response to shortening days and cooler nights. Some perennials are looked quite bedraggled […]