Garden is growing
My husband and I were out in the garden tonight. We lifted the netting on our raised beds so I could weed around our growing plants. Here are the tomatoes and a few of the basil plants. Our grandchildren like … Continue reading →
Category Archives: plants
More than we desired
This morning I looked out the window into a fresh new day and saw the evidence of all the rain on the weekend. Roofs washed clean, the grass already looking greener and the plants standing up tall. And the sun … Continue reading →
Garden coming to life
Each spring I watch for the narcissus and daffodils and other flowers emerging from the ground. First the narcissus and those highly aromatic white hyacinths that are lovely in the garden but I don’t dare bring them in the … Continue reading →
Winter is here now, for sure
This morning, soon after 7 a.m. when I rose, I noticed the frost on the trees outdoors, as though Jack Frost had used a giant paint brush and decorated everything outdoors, and the sky was the most amazing colour of … Continue reading →
This Beautiful Earth
Clickr Photography-James Woo Today I blogged over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. At this time of year, when the garden is growing and flowers around my yard are blooming, it’s easy to appreciate beauty. I take photos at … Continue reading →
Continuing story of my garden
In May, my husband finished constructing raised beds for our garden. We’d looked at a plan and decided to make our own. Rather my husband figured out a plan to build the beds to fit into our sloping back … Continue reading →
A building project towards gardening
In March or early April, a friend posted a link on facebook that intrigued me. It took me to the Sunset website and Edible Gardening page where someone had posted photos of raised garden beds for small spaces. A … Continue reading →
Flowers in bloom–It’s really spring
It seems that once spring was ready that everything in my garden began to bloom, albeit in their usual order. I am always excited about spring, seeing new life emerge from the ground after a long cold winter such as … Continue reading →
Patterns in winter
Have you ever really looked at the patterns made in snow, the ones made by nature. In one photo, I used auto-correct in my computer program to show the patterns better. (A different program may yield another result.) The rest … Continue reading →
Ice Storm!
This past weekend we were hit with a tremendous ice storm in which many in our city and other areas are still without power. Areas southwest of us were affected already on Friday when the freezing rain began, but the … Continue reading →