Category Archives: The Yard in General
John Cabot Shrub Rose
It’s Here!
Gardening season 2012 has started on The Acreage!!!
Won’t be long…
We’ve had an extremely mild winter and I’m hoping we’ll have an early spring. It would be lovely to be back out in the garden before the end of May!
It’s Definitely Over
We’re in the midst of the first cold spell of the winter. It’s been in the minus mid-20’sC for the last two nights and we still have another two to go. That means the yardwork and garden are definitely over for the year. As usual I brought in many of the pots containing my deck displays. Some, like the geraniums, will survive to be put out next spring. The rest were because I couldn’t stand to let them all go.
The Season is Over
Not a very good year for gardening this year. First of all, my beautiful dog, Amy, died. The spring and most of the summer was rainy and cold which did in my petunias in containers. (Money wasted there.) The geraniums handled the weather better. This was the first time I planted nemesia and I’ve fallen in love with this plant – it bloomed all summer!
Now that it’s fall the beautiful weather has kicked in. Some plants in the big perennial bed have decided to bloom again, like the lupines. However, I did finally build some new doors for the greenhouse which are doing fine and should make a difference for the winter. They certainly look better! So, all in all, I’ll just have to hope the weather next year will be a little better!
Flood
Have started weeding again. There’s too much standing water left and the mosquitos are terrible.