Spring Hopes

The first green sprouts of spring.

from my Daylily patch

the first to show hope.. the Iris patch

February Garden

Dreaming of Spring

The Veggie Garden is Done

Roland did a wonderful job of rototilling my vegetable garden. This year I added sheep manure and peat moss to the mix. Now it is officially tucked in for the winter.

Surprisingly my Cosmos and my Clematis are still blooming. Gotta love that.

My day lilies and irises have been cut back. The remnants of my large yellow lilies look so beautiful in their fall colours.. they still stand.

I finally transplanted the Veronica Speedwell (’Sunny Border Blue’). The day lilies were crowding it out.. so it now resides not far from the Iris. Hopefully it will over winter well. I believe it was one of the first perennials I planted in our yard many many years ago. When I bought it I was told that it was the perennially of the year (1993).

scenes from today

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First Frost

This morning I saw my breath as a steped outside. Our first frost.. but little damage seems to have been done. My flowers are still looking good.

Today Nikki and David moved into their new home. I am so happy and excited for them.

Next Year

- milk weed– would love to attract Monarch butterflies

-fantastic tomatoes– this years early girls were nice.. but too small.

Pulling Up the Garden

After a week of unseasonably cold and grey days, the sun has returned. I spent much of the afternoon pulling up my vegetable garden. All that remain for another day, are my beets.

So Far No Frost

The weather this week has been unseasonably cool. The days have been dreary and grey. The low temps have been close to 0.. but so far we have not had any frost. Yesterday I pulled all my red tomatoes but left the green ones on the vine. Hopefully Jack Frost will stay away at least for another few weeks.

Lots of red peppers this year. Must keep an ear to the weather forecast. A frost would have them turn to mush.

I did the seed thing this year and am very pleased with my crop of little green onions.

In the Red

I am actually having some of my green bell peppers turn red this year. This doesn’t happen every year as our growing season is just too darn short. I know peppers like to be hot.. maybe the extreme heat we had in July gave them that extra boost.. cause I have a few beauties that are turning a lovely shade of red. The more red they are.. the sweeter they are.

My tomatoes are also turning red.. but still have many that are green.

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post note: bought a suet cake, “Peanut Butter n’ Jelly” for the bird feeder.

Geraniums doing the best

This year.. this planter is my favourite. I love the red, I love the green.

We have had a lot of heat this summer. Of all my bedding plants.. the geraniums seem to be faring the best.

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This evening we had a surprise thunder storm with pea size hail. Checked the garden afterwards.. no apparent damage.