Another lilac bouquet. The last one of the season. With purple smoke bush, clematis flower buds and vines, cardoon leaves and grasses.
garlic
The garlic is looking good these days. A little later than some years, but it seems like it has enjoyed the cooler wetter spring…maybe that’ll mean some nice big bulbs this year. Above is the garlic crop at the beginning of April and below is what it looks like now. It grew a lot….over 3 [. . .]
fragrant clematis
As I worked on through the afternoon and into the evening yesterday, the early evening sun shone on the clematis blooms, encouraging them to release more and more of their sweet perfume…a remarkable fragrance filled the entire garden. The bees were busy. So beautiful!
getting wwoof ready
Yesterday we got the outdoor shower at the garden house working and I’m really happy about it. Hot water for the shower and the garden kitchen sink too! It has taken what seems like forever but we’re slowly inching our way towards being a wwoof host. So much fun! If you don’t know what wwoof [. . .]
arugula microgreens
I took some of these micro arugula greens to the stores on Mayne Island today. It has been almost two weeks since I’ve delivered shoots and microgreens to my customers because of a nasty little greenhouse catastrophe. One day a little over two weeks ago when I was away from my greenhouse for a [. . .]
sunny days
When did this little maple tree get all it’s leaves?!! There’s so much happening in the garden these days that I don’t notice it all when it’s happening. A couple days ago, I walked by this spot and was struck by how lovely this potted tree looked in the dappled light against the cob wall, [. . .]