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Trimming the English Laurel
Tomorrow is garden-waste removal day so I spent a chunk of my afternoon trying to tame the English Laurel hedge. I have a love/hate relationship with this particular entity, although by the end of today it was balanced towards the … Continue reading
Mole holes
Early in the season a mole moved into our yard and started to burrow under – and in – one of my garden boxes. I left cat hair near the mole holes in the hopes that the smell of our … Continue reading
Shirley Double Mix (I need a better camera)
Most of my gardening focus is on (1) growing vegetables; (2) pruning hedges, tress and shrubs; and (3) trying to get some one else to mow, trim or weed. A distant tertiary priority is (4) filling up the space not … Continue reading
Cyclamen
I have blogged about cyclamen before, but I can’t help myself. LOVE THEM. They show up unexpectedly after everything else is almost finished blooming, lighting up an area of the garden that is kind of dry and boring. One of … Continue reading
Albinos?
Albino plants. In a previous post I mentioned that I have albino strawberries and white California poppies that grow along side their pigmented sisters. Today I noticed two white cyclamen, which I have never seen before. I tried to take … Continue reading
Bee Envy
By nature, I am not a jealous person. At all. Ever. Except I often have feelings of profound envy when I visit my friend “Ms. W”. She has two things that I actively covet: her kitchen and her backyard bee … Continue reading
Feels like fall
Today I worked in the raspberries, cutting back the old canes and tying up the new ones. The raspberry supports have been great and I might add a few more clotheslines (lower and higher) to support the shorter and taller … Continue reading
Filet beans and potatoes
I met my good friend, Mrs. G, at the UBC Farmers Market this morning. She recently gave me some day lilies from her step-father’s garden and have intended to blog about how happy I was about this, but as I … Continue reading
Planting: a mixture of magic and science
Planting day! This morning I had an inspiring conversation with an experienced gardener who suggested that now is the time to plant fall lettuce and spinach. I checked the lunar phase calendar, and indeed today (August 23) was a most … Continue reading
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Niçoise green beans
Last summer I saw small bags of thin, perfect green beans at Trout Lake. I picked up a bag to fondle the beans, then put it down again abruptly when I found out the price was $7.00, which was about … Continue reading
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