Garden
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Tomatoes are coming….
The tomatoes are coming fast this year. They grew so strong in the early summer that most of them pulled the tomato cages over or crumpled them onto the ground. Some of the plants were more than five feet tall. Not that we had a great summer, started cool, hot for about 3 weeks in…
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A Late Spring
The new buds on the branches of the fir trees are bright green this year. That’s not always the case, but it has been a slow spring, still very cool. It is 6 to 8 C degrees/ 43 F in the morning, rising seldom past 10 C/ 50 F in the afternoon. All the colours…
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I Love Roses
At my old house, I grew numerous roses in the garden. They have been one of my favourite flowers. However, where we live now, they don’t survive. This area is known as a ‘frost pocket’ by the local farmers, and the roses rot in the damp cold during the winter. So although I have planted…
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Flowers of the west coast
The flowers are budding like crazy in my garden. In the front are peonies, next are the foxgloves. We loved to play with these as kids, used them for swords, or put a pod on the end of each finger and pretended we worked magic with them. Behind those are phlox. It grows wild all…
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More Signs of Spring
Here we are mid-April. It must be almost spring, right? Yet, we had an inch and a half of snow on Sunday, and another flurry on Tuesday. Doesn’t the weatherman know it’s SPRING?? What is happening where you live? Leave me a comment and let me know. Best, Sylvie https://books2read.com/u/m2Y117 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SGKTY2N?tag=nibemail-swp-20
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Spring has Sprung
The flowers in the garden have gone crazy. There are rhododendrons and camelias in bloom, azalias brightening every corner, the Japanese tree peonie is usually the first out but we had frost every night, so the leaves uncurled in the sun, then curled up again with the frost. It took them forever to finally burst…
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Spring in the air?
I thought spring was in the air. I bought these at the grocery store, they are not from my garden. It isn’t that warm here. Aren’t they lovely? But I was mistaken. Here is what happened on our deck tonight. The second time in a week A dump of hail. Apparently spring is not in…
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Birds at the Feeder and Merry Christmas to All
I finally got around to filling up the bird feeder and putting it out on the deck for those poor little fellows searching for something to eat. Then this morning, I was delighted to see four little chickadees flitting about, obviously drawn to the chance of a feast. But were they checking out the seed…
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