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The garden is … Alive

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I had a busy day on Monday. I had to go to a doctors appointment and then after that my husband and I ended up going shopping for some much needed supplies.

I had hoped to take a good tour of my garden but it was late in the day when we returned home so I didn’t take as good a look around as I’d hoped too.

I can tell you that my Siberian iris’ are beginning to sprout leaves in my front boulevard flower bed. So are several tulips, Sedum, and the chives in the back garden. I’ve also noticed that my Blue Fescue grass in my front flower bed is greening up in the center – already! It’s so early for that to be coming back to live.

Yellow and purple crocus’ are blooming their heads off on my front and back lawns.

Overall it seems that many of my plants are waking up.

Unfortunately it’s supposed to rain all day here in Toronto. If it clears a bit perhaps I’ll go out into the back yard garden and begin to tidy up the beds. I’m sure that there are many plants poking through the soil that I just haven’t noticed yet because dead leaves and other autumn related debris are covering them.

What’s blooming or growing in your garden?






No-Crank Hose reel system

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How many of you hate rewinding your hose when you’re done watering the lawn and garden? I know that I do.

We have one of those crank systems for our hose. The handle is low to ground which makes it hard on your back if you’ve been out in the garden for hours. Frankly I hate winding up the garden hose when I’m done puttering in the garden.

Good news. I’ve just been to a site that sells No-Crank hose reels. The rewinding of the hose is done using the power of water.

There’s a water-piston engine inside the No-crank hose reel casing and with the simple flip of a lever it begins to rewind the hose for you on it’s own. You don’t need to bend down and manual wind up your hose any more.

The No-Crank hose reel doesn’t use batteries or electricity either. If you’re interested in taking a look at the No-Crank system there are a number of different designs to suit your needs.

The birds are back

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We have birds that stick around year round but I don’t see them in large groups or all that often through the winter.

Yes, a few birds each day in the winter months is a normal sighting, but now that Spring is approaching and the snow has melted the birds are hanging out in our garden again.

I didn’t realize how much I missed seeing 10 or 20 birds sitting on my laundry line, or scattered throughout the yard perhaps hunting the garden beds and grass for signs of earthworms or other interesting food items.

Luckily I haven’t see too many squirrels yet. I imagine that they’ll be digging in my garden beds soon too. Either looking for nuts and other goodies that they buried in the past or hiding new goodies.

Have you noticed more wildlife in your garden now that the weather is getting better?

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