Creating a copse of bushes in the front garden. 2 High bush cranberries, a Bush Honeysuckle and a Silky Dogwood. The area around is...

Planted Borlotto beans in Little Hugel and Nigella seeds in the rock garden. Looks like the small hugel is also a Native bee host. Yellow...

So we will go for a drive to St. Thomas to deliver a plant to Catherine. Turns out migraine made me into a zombie. Day wasted.

I've been busy with the plummeting temperatures, the rain and the seriously high winds. Picked up plants from ReForest London . And spent...

The Carolinians are leafing out: Pawpaw, Button bush, Spice Bushes, and Osage Orange. Redbuds fully leafed. Mine not blooming yet - too...

It's almost sweater weather this am. Kinda liking it! First Butterfly (Monarch or Admiral?) It flew through twice but was going too fast...

Beautiful sunny day- Feels like 25 at 9:00 am. Mike helped me plant the grape starts from Kamiyar. Gotta build some trellises. Fig is...

The late spring flowering has begun. Spotted Hawkweed, Pink Soapwort, Big Leaf Winter Creeper, Columbines, Bridal Wreath Spirea,...

Dug up new Anchusa- wilting too much, I think I may lose it. And planted Giant Yellow and Blue Hyssop in its place. Lots of wild Grapes...

Mountain Ash has berries. High bush Cranberries have Viburnum beetles. Started to spray yesterday. Hit the Leatherleaf with Insecticidal...

I have to take siesta daily to be able to get the gardening done effectively. Sometimes just a sitdown with an ice tea under the...

I have to start earlier than ever as the heat is not conducive for planting and heavy gardening. Good news- finally the asparagus is...

Made up a bunch of pots- over the callas that may or may not grow. Includes: Coleus wizard golden, alyssum seeds, gaura, Purple wave...

And we are back to zero C overnight. 6.4 in car port and 6n in greenhouse. And kinda rainy. My eddoes are sprouting and I will plant them...

Picked up from Heather- two roses- pink and yellow climbers. One will go on West side of Crabtree. the other on West side of rose...

Busy few days- no time to catch up here. New nuc for the apiary installed- just 1 sting, but it's on my butt! Way better than on my face...

Still windy, but the wind brought our current nice warm weather. Started to protect the hardening plants from sunburn for a change. One...

Getting warmer, bit by bit. +5C in greenhouse overnight. Basement farm only has some seeds that are starting to sprout. I should be able...

The cloudy, rainy, chilly weather continues. I cleared out last year's Lathyrus on the South side of the house, exposing some historic...

It's been rainy and cool, but great weather for hardening and planting little plants. I dragged the hay off some of the beds, adding...