Oh, the vine, the never-ending vine, the Virginia Creeper that keeps trying to creep all the way to Virginia. Senior worker bee, needing something to do while visiting, kindly took out some vine down by the lower pond. So the vine on the fence that was behind these chairs is now missing. Not that you [...]
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Worker Bee Power: The Vine
Posted in Garden, Plants on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
More Plants, You Say?
Posted in Current Affairs, Plants on August 16, 2011 |
Yes, more plants! More plants given from someone else’s garden are going in the ground today before they keel over. Hooray for a bunch of white phlox, red beebalm, yellow loosestrife, two big ferns, and a tray of snow in summer. Pictures to follow sometime. Now the only conundrum is where exactly to put them…
This is the first year that we’ve tried to grow corn in the garden, and so far it’s working out OK. We picked our first two cobs a few days ago and ate them the same night. They were filled out from top to bottom, like they’re supposed to be when they’re ripe, and they [...]
Pruning a Mugo Pine: Part 2
Posted in Garden, Maintenance, Plants on August 4, 2011 |
Last time we dealt with the mugo pine, we had cut it pretty much in half to see how it looked and whether or not we could live with it. (Full details here re. the whys and wherefores.) We looked at it through the window for a while, and walked by it in the garden [...]
The sun is finally coming out, and the vegetables are loving it. I somehow created a monster tomato patch and a monster squash patch.
Plant Sale!
Posted in Garden, Hoopla & Hullabaloo, Plants on July 26, 2011 |
The long-awaited Canadian Tire plant sale finally happened. Perennials were at least 75% off! That meant I got things like another two silver lace vines for $2.99 instead of $16.99. Not to mention some kooky pond plants and a variegated honeysuckle vine, and some fall-blooming anemones, and some white heather, and some yarrow, and some [...]
Oh the tomatoes! I somehow planted the indeterminate kind that grow and grow instead of staying contained in a little tomato cage (determinate!), so the tomato patch in the square-foot garden bed is spiraling out of control. Not to mention the poor onions and dill that are lost somewhere in the middle of all that. [...]
I always think I should do something with this, but I’m not entirely sure what.
…as at a plant sale. Because you can never have too many perennials.
The garden is slowly coming into bloom as the sun finally comes out:
