We’ve been talking about making a canoe garden in the front yard, and since we’re having a path made across the yard, we’re thinking of integrating the canoe and the path. The only trouble with this scheme is that we didn’t own a canoe. That… Read More
We have a little wooded area in the back of the backyard. I cleaned up the path a little bit today.
Mrs. Goose waddled over to the checkerboard garden to be closer to her pal, Lamb.
We spent the day on a garden tour up in the Creemore area of Ontario. In all we visited five private gardens, mostly extraordinary. Here’s a sampling of what we saw today.
There’s a new bird in town. Look…there, behind the bear’s breeches. You mean that red one? Ya, ya, that’s the one. You got the field guide? No, I thought you brought it. I think it’s a Scarlet Tanager. Really? Ya, a Scarlet Tanager.
A couple weeks ago I decided to add another new garden out back, this time a checkerboard garden. I finally got around to doing the grunt work today. It’s no great shakes yet – some black-eyed susans and some begonias and some ground cover –… Read More
This shady garden has become one of my favourites. I think I might photograph it throughout the summer (thank you gentle readers for putting up with my excesses)
The Jackmanii Clematis out front started blooming two days ago. They’re growing on the Leaning Tower of 27th Street, a makeshift trellis made up of a metal trellis that wasn’t tall enough with a wood trellis on top. The wood trellis broke from the weight… Read More
27th Street 