All posts filed under “Gardens”
Imagination Station
The imagination stations out in the backyard continue to evolve. The first one is solidifying some as I’ve been adding soil and sod and other garden material. This one also has a pair of chairs on top and is home to Mr. Froggy. Froggie went… Read More
New Garden
There is a little garden located between our neighbours’ house on the north and ours, kind of a no man’s land garden. It has been populated by orange daylilies for many many years. I think daylilies have their place, and they look nice enough during… Read More
Hey, we won something
The City of Toronto Etobicoke York District (whatever that is) has a ‘Great Garden Contest’ each year. This year, our front garden was nominated and has achieved 1st place in Ward 6 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) in the Traditional garden category (the other category is Alternative/Environmental garden). Yay!!… Read More
The Bench Garden
The bench garden sometimes seems overshadowed by the main front garden, but right now it is one happy garden.
Mystery Garden
I love the play of light and shadows happening in this picture. This is out in the back yard, by the shovel garden and the first imagination station.
Hidden Imagination Station
A vine that was growing along the fence has colonized one of the imagination stations, the one on the north side of the yard amongst the shrubbery, making it a hidden refuge.
One more tea time bird feeder
Tea cup and tea pot bird feeders
We made a couple more bird feeders today. Previously, we’ve just used tea cups and saucers but this time we also added in a tea pot for one of them. If we can find a load of very inexpensive or free old teapots, we’re thinking… Read More