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The gardening conditions this year continue to be very favourable towards the maintenance of plenty of flowers despite it being high summer. Finally the humidity has gone but a pleasant mid-20s temperature is keeping everythng looking good … though the glorious lily displays are aided, made possible even, by J’s daily forays to squish lily-beetles. Before the [...] Late June and early July are proving to be simply full of colour …. here are a selectioj of the flowers in bloom in our small plot this morning. The Lilium regale, the three spired Yucca and the spectacular magenta Dahlia are the stars of the show at the moment but all the Lilies are pretty [...] A walk around the garden this afternoon found some nice flowers in bloom … for example the Iris sibirica irises in general seem to be doing well this summer - Then there are the roses … this one is Rosa rubrifolia There are a couple of climbers we have over an archway that are getting into their stride this [...] England – spring 2010 Birds, Old Friends, Magnolias and “The Emmas” During our, now annual, visit to England, as well as catching up with family and friends we managed to fit [...] It’s an amazing hot and sunny mid-twenties today (this weekend last year ws not – see http://sparroworks.ca/journal/?p=1008) and looks set fair for the rest of the Easter weekend so we have been out starting work n the garden nothing too serious as there is still plenty of cold to come, we are sure, but tidying up, getting [...] More flowers are appearing in the garden … the Hellebores in particular are putting on a very fine show this year: Hellebores Snowdrops Meanwhile in the arboretum the thaw continues and many paths are a tad soggy Indoors at the arboretum, however, we were welcoming visitors to the sugaring-off open day to visit the newly renovated Chalet Pruche [...]
Common Loon at Kenauk
Short intro … This journal has often referred to Kenauk and we keep being asked about it. Kenauk is the largest private wildlife reserve in Canada and only an hour from home, half way between Montreal and Ottawa … which makes it very [...] Labour Day weekend stuff … Glorious, glorious weather ought to have us out exploring the hinterland and seeking bears and rare birds but instead we have (I’m 61 in a week – good excuse) chosen to spend the day quietly baking bread, gardening and preserving tomatoes from the market. It truly is too nice to be doing [...] J flew back from her latest pilgrimage to visit the MOWO near Mirkmere and is still between Quebec and the UK time-wise in her head … fortunately, it has been one of our rare hot and sunny days hereabouts and we have lazed about the garden watching birds and gathering some of the blackcurrant harvest. [...] Spent a couple of hours in the Arboretum for the exercise and also because it’s “my day” to take pictures for the Year in the Arboretum project today. Glad we went … we were supposed to have rain this morning but instead we had cooler weather with sunshine. Ottawa – not far away – had a [...] |
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