This is one of my mint patches in the sunshine. Spearmint. It’s growing in three big tubs near the cherry tree. One summer a few years ago while I was working away in the garden, a car suddenly came barrelling down the driveway. A youngish guy jumped out and ran through the gate. He was [. . .]
potato harvest
I’ve been growing potatoes in pots for a few years now and I’m still so happy with the results. I’m almost finished harvesting the first planting and am on to planting another crop for late fall, early winter and Christmas dinner harvests of oh so special and delicious new potatoes. I can’t get over the [. . .]
good days
It was a good day at the Farmer’s Market yesterday. I was offering up some sunflower shoots, pea shoots, purple radish shoots, popcorn shoots and nasturtium flowers and leaves. At my market display, folks can take a bag (or bring their own) and create their own salad mix. I was also selling cut herbs, [. . .]
zinnias
The zinnias are finally blooming and I can’t wait to get to make more arrangements like this one. Zinnias are one of my favourite garden flowers and I just love using them for bouquets and floral decor. They come in a huge range of colours and they last forever too! I’ve been looking at some [. . .]
I’m back!
It has been almost 2 months since I’ve posted anything here! A zillion things on my mind, so much to do and it’s just so difficult to organize my thoughts to write a blog post. Here’s what the little circle bed above looked like around the time I last posted here. Tiny little sweet pea [. . .]
angelica
Garlic. Poppies. Angelica. Forest. With one foxtail lily yet to bloom and a little bit of fennel too. And weeds. Almost every single person who visits the garden at this time of the year asks me what this plant is. Angelica!! It’s tall with big round flowers, it smells really nice and is always buzzing with [. . .]