first garlic scape harvest! mmm. the first big harvest from my community garden plot is here! I planted this garlic last Fall, and despite it struggling a bit with a leek moth infestation, it is scaping beautifully. tiny peppers lift lock garden in the twilight. beauty
Archive | Gardens and Gardening
springs turns to summer
secret gardens lovely flower entrance finally lots of garden beds to plant in! i got a late start in planting, so many of my plants are just starting to sprout, full adjust and take off … garden map baby basil drunken frizzy headed woman lettuce zucchini baby scarlett nantes carrots just shooting through sunset lettuce sprouting […]
spring in the garden
humble beginnings. a whole lot of weeding to do starting to etch out some beds after much weeding, I have places to plant!! Luckily, there was lots of lupins amongst the weeds & they are looking amazing
Crocuses in September
a crazy thing happened in my seed garden this month crocuses bloomed!
Gardens Not Lawns
My perennial garden & I are honoured to be included in Mr. Brown Thumbs Gardens Not Lawns Slideshow – Check it out! *Update – Sadly the gardens pictured in the slideshow & throughout this blog are now pretty much a lawn, and concrete. sigh. Check out the pics
Gardens growing in early August
yellow pear tomatoes getting ready to ripen alma paprika’s are abundant! nice & yellow, but need to wait until they’re red! paste tomatoes taking shape – opalka’s & striped caverns This has been an incredible year for beans! here’s my orca’s, greens, purples & yellows growing happily Cucs! And Jalapeno’s squash. unfortunately this plant […]
Late July seed garden
I love cucumbers curly q’s Peppers producing fruit Drunken frizzy headed woman lettuce – can’t wait to have this one in my seed collection! lovely basil. smells so good mmm. spicy arugula …. garden from the entrance. hard to see but there is tonnes of veg planted in here about to produce a cornucopia of […]
July vegetable gardens
Despite my late start in getting my garden planted, things are growing along splendidly! My tomatoes & peppers are finally starting to flower. Yeah! late seeded crops are starting to sprout & grow! Some of them are even ready to eat! mmm basil is growing along & smelling great. pesto here i come! My Lift […]
Perennial Garden Love!!!
I am so in love with my garden it is unbelievable. It really is in its blooming glory right now. It’s a little bitter sweet. the development in my neighbourhood will most likely lead to its forced removal. sadness & heartbreak. I will enjoy every bloom while i can.
mid June fleming place destruction begins
the beautiful forest that once surrounded my home is being torn down limb by limb around me. its horrible & horrifying & all i can do is document. You couldn’t even see that my house was here last week with all the trees. my house. i feel so exposed. this tree has hugged my house […]
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