Columbia Tiger Lily
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Springtime
I took this picture during a visit to the coast. It was a cool, spring day, sunny but with a brisk wind, and the scarf that I had purchased for such a day felt pleasant against my neck.
Gardening
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| asters, cosmos, snapdragons, roses |
It is a little cooler here today by several degrees which makes conditions more bearable than the past three days when temperatures soared. I didn't do anything in the garden during this time, except water the plants.
We also had a refreshing rain shower last night. This morning I was pleased to see that one of the cosmos plants had flowered. They have become quite bushy and lush since I set them out two months ago, and I'm hoping for many blooms.
We also had a refreshing rain shower last night. This morning I was pleased to see that one of the cosmos plants had flowered. They have become quite bushy and lush since I set them out two months ago, and I'm hoping for many blooms.
We had one incident with one or two deer getting into the garden at night. Their hooves made holes in some of the beds, but fortunately they didn't trample any plants, and they also didn't nibble on anything. Although a fence encircles the garden, there are a couple of gaps where it would be possible for a deer to jump over. So, now we are trying to remedy this, and we'll see what happens.
The zucchini are already producing fruit.
Tomato seedlings are growing in the same bed as the zucchini, courtesy of the compost I added to the soil in the spring.
This photo was taken early this morning when three deer came up from the hillside into the yard. I think maybe the addition of the tall sticks in one particular corner of the garden may have done the trick to keep them out of my vegetable patch.
Friday's Flower
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| Columbia Tiger Lily |
This lovely wildflower sparkles in the sunshine,
after a rain shower.
Gardening
It has been hot and sticky for the last few days (26°C), and today we are back to the rain showers. The garden is thriving. Both flowers and vegetables are doing nicely.
The asters look very pretty in the front bed and are producing more blossoms than the same plants growing on the north side. I'm considering moving these particular plants to the front next spring.
Painted Daisies
I've also planted some flowering kale and red and yellow snapdragons.
Gardening
I thought I would get an early start in the garden this morning. By 8:00 a.m. I was pulling weeds from the raised beds. However, the black flies were very annoying, and I was forced to apply some insect repellant.
In the afternoon, we had a thunderstorm with some hail. The rain came down pretty hard, but luckily the hail didn't amount to much, and no plants were damaged.
Everything is coming along just fine.
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