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Front Gardens
The Bench Gardens
Front Gardens
Canoe Garden
The Hilton Garden
The Paisley Garden
I notice there are some Amanita chipbowlius mushrooms fruiting.
There’s a Scarlet Tanager in the garden
Allium
The Shady Gardens
The shade gardens are coming into their own…
The Marginal Veggie Garden
There is almost too much shade in our yard to have a veggie garden. I say almost because, well, we have one anyway. Garlic is doing well. Spinach, lettuce, onions all do well. Carrots do pretty good. Tomatoes and cucumbers are marginal…we get some but our yield isn’t nearly as good as it could be if we had a lot more sun. We have two veggie areas – this one is a raised garden.
The marginal veggie garden
Adding to the garden…
Plant Sale
I just got back with a carful of plants from the Roseland Horticultural Society plant sale. This sale happens every year at this time at Eglinton Flats, in the former Etobicoke here in Toronto. There was a great variety of perennials, annuals and even veggies available. My friend Spicecat was there with her usual excellent plant advice, and it looks like they’re going to do well at this sale today (which is a fundraiser for the organization), judging by the early crowd.
Ahhhh….
I posted a short while ago about the canoe garden not being complete until we planted ornamental cabbage in the bow and stern. Well, Tuffy P just came home and did just that.
The Shovel Garden (again)
This shady garden has become one of my favourites. I think I might photograph it throughout the summer (thank you gentle readers for putting up with my excesses)
The Tomato Garden
This is a new garden this year. I made it surrounding the bird house, which by the way is still occupied by a family of sparrows. We see them anytime we are not ready with a camera. I have a morning glory growing up the pole, some basil and lettuce and Swiss Chard and a number of tomato plants that were grown from seed and given to me by my friend Spicecat. This garden, like much of my yard has marginal sun for tomatoes, but they’re doing quite well and I expect a fine crop.
