Yo Yo Weather08.17.07

I’ve found the weather to be very strange this week.
It was really hot hear last weekend, but we had a good rain storm on the Sunday and it cooled things down making the beginning of the week fairly pleasant. In fact, with the rain we had on Sunday and the cooler days on Monday […]

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A hardy little rose08.15.07

Wordless Wednesday

This is a hardy rose named Charles Albanel.

I believe it’s part of the Canadian Explorer series. It blooms at least three times each season and when it does bloom it’s lush with flowers.
When I took this photo I think all of my roses were nearing the end of a bloom cycle […]

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Time to face the heat07.31.07

It’s almost 9 pm and I’m gearing up to go outside and begin watering my garden.

It’s been a very hot day. It’s finally dropped down to 30 celsius (86 F) but with humidity it’s still 36 celsius (96.8). Wish me luck!
I didn’t water yesterday even though it’d been hot all […]

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Benefits of using mulch on the garden07.18.06

I went out of town this past weekend and I was a little worried about my garden.
You see, we are going through a heat wave here in Toronto. Friday’s temps were 31 celcius (87.8), Saturday and Sunday were 32 (89.6 F) and 34 C (93.2 F), and yesterday ended up reaching 35 C (95 F). […]

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