This time of year, when brisk air greets you on a sunny morn, it promises a great day in the garden. Early-in-the day bird song provides background music. Who needs headphones filling one’s ears with bass and treble? This is still an opportune time to transplant perennials, to plant potted […]
A smile unconsciously forms as I begin to write, just in the thinking of the glorious season we call fall. Many perennials shine forth like bright jewels in resplendent colours. Asters (Asteraceae), coneflowers (Echinacea), windflowers (Anenome) and black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) come to mind. Annuals too, are holding court in […]
Bedevilled by mostly dry, humid weather conditions all summer, plants and humans basically wilted. This year for me was particularly challenging in keeping container plants alive, and my lawn green. Because I live right next to the lake, I am mindful of protecting our source of drinking water and keeping it […]
A gardener’s eye is a roving eye. Wherever one travels, be it far away destinations or closer to home ‘staycations,’ the gardener is always on the lookout for the beautiful or unusual. A few days ago, our region was blessed with a joyful string of perfect summer days — when the […]
The lazy, dog days of summer are upon us. Spells of hot, sticky, humid weather preclude much outdoor activity in tending to our gardens and yards. But what joy when we get those perfect summer days as in this past week, with intense blue skies, fluffy white clouds, and freshened […]
38 Wigle Street No, not the masks we are wearing, for they need to be over our nose … but could your COVID- weary self use a lift in spirits? Here’s a simple inexpensive treat — hop in your vehicle and go for a slow, leisurely exploration around the streets […]
Over the past couple of weeks in our lovely Town of Kingsville, you may have wondered at a vehicle driving slowly down your street or road, as if looking for an address. Maybe you saw this same vehicle repeating the rather odd behaviour on yet another day. In another neighborhood, […]
Campanula glomerata (clustered bellflower) from Botanica’s Pocket Gardening Encyclopedia How I love a good mystery! Be it an old Agatha Christie movie featuring Monsieur Hercule Poirot, or a riveting, who-done-it page turner, it’s fun playing detective as one follows a story, trying to discover tell-tale clues. I daresay, even the […]
Essential Workers of Another Sort What power each gardener has, whether you till and toil in a large acreage or in a small back yard plot! By planting a diversity of flowering plants, you are helping to ensure the survival of a whole variety of pollinators, particularly butterflies and bees. They […]