How quickly the summer is passing.. already near the end of July. Lots of rain this summer … happy happy plants.
The green peas this year are a bumper crop. Sadie, Coco and I are enjoying much in-garden eating.
The clematis along our fence is spreading beautifully. Purple flowers tumble [...]
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how does my garden grow
Posted in perennials, vegetables, tagged July on July 26, 2008 | Comments Off
How Does Your Garden Grow
Posted in perennials, vegetables on June 28, 2008 | Comments Off
As the end of June fast approaches, my garden is finally taking hold.
The veggie patch, with its good start and then stall, is now displaying real growth. Soon the lettuce, swiss chard, and peas will be ready for the pickin’.
The pea patch is small but looked forward to with much anticipation. [...]
Tomatoes In
Posted in vegetables, tagged tomatoes on May 30, 2008 | Comments Off
I was out in my garden early today. The skies were threatening and I so wanted to get my tomato seedlings in the ground before the rains came.
Six wee tomato plants now line the far wall of my vegetable patch.
And in other vegetable patch news… [...]
Finally Green
Posted in vegetables, tagged leaves on May 25, 2008 | Comments Off
The leaf buds are finally popping.. green is the colour of the day.
We had our first big thunderstorm of the season last night followed by a much needed rain. This morning, much to my delight, I noticed the first wee sprouts in my garden in the beet patch.
The Veggie seeds are in
Posted in vegetables, tagged seeds on May 19, 2008 | Comments Off
Yesterday, May 18, I planted my seeds in the veggie garden. I planted peas, lettuce (two types), green onions, Swiss chard, beets and also scattered seeds over my spot for flowers. Added some poppy seeds to the batch just because I love them so much. It is still too [...]
Pulling Up the Garden
Posted in vegetables on September 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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
Posted in vegetables on September 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
In the Red
Posted in vegetables on August 27, 2007 | Comments Off
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 [...]
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