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The sun is shining!

by Tricia

Finally!

The week started off well, with perhaps our hottest day so far this year, but then it quickly went downhill beginning on Tuesday.

It’s been cold, rainy and kind of dreary most of this week. I’m not complaining because the plants in my garden sure did need that rain and as I’ve said in earlier posts this week the garden has been growing and blooming like crazy.

It’s just that the cold and drizzle haven’t done a thing for my spirits!

Finally, today it’s sunny out. It’s still on the cool side though. It was supposed to reach 18 Celsius which is about 64 F, but as far as I can tell the highest it’s gotten has been to 15 C. Oh well, that’s still warmer than much of the rest of the week.

The weekend looks like it’s going to be really nice. I’m hoping to get outside and finish up the “spring cleaning” of my garden. I still have bulbs to plant too! Remember last fall I bought a bunch of bulbs but didn’t feel well enough to plant them? Well, most of them survived the winter in our cool basement but I’ve got to get them in the ground!

Since I haven’t planted any seeds yet I’ll probably do a bit of that this weekend too. We might even go to a nursery and buy some veggies that have already been started – tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers just to catch up!

We’ll also buy some new cedar mulch to put on the garden beds to hold in moisture.






Filed Under: Garden Buzz, Home and Lifestyle, Spring Tasks Tagged With: blooming, Bulbs, cucumbers, garden, growing, plant, planted, rain, seeds, spring, Sunny day, tomatoes

Spring is my favorite season

by Tricia

I absolutely cannot believe how much the garden has grown! We’ve pretty much had rain, and thunder storms for the past 24+ hours here in Toronto and the plants are just loving it!

I’d swear that last Friday or so when I checked the garden the Hosta’s were up, but only showing a few inches of pointy swirled growth. Now the leaves have grown and unfurled and the plants look full and lush! The Hosta’s are each at least a foot and a half in diameter and as the leaves grow more of course they’ll spread out.

It just amazes me how fast the plants can grow. The German Iris’ look like they are developing buds and two of my clematis have tons of flower bud and might even have flowered today. I didn’t peek at them today so I can’t say for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are clematis blooms out there.

I think that because of the amazing growth of plants and the fact that we go from snow cover, to dull dead plants to vibrant green with blooms in the such a small space of time is why Spring is my favorite season. There’s just so much going on. Close your eyes and your bound to miss something!

Filed Under: Blooming today, Garden Buzz, Recreation Tagged With: amazing growth, green, growth, hostas, lightening, rain, spring, thunder storms

Gypsy Queen Hyacinth

by Tricia

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I think I’m in love with my hyacinths this year. They are all so very lovely and the scent that they’ve produced has just been wafting into my home on nice days when we have windows and screen doors open. One of the joys of spring and growing scented flowers I suppose.

I took this photo last Sunday. I believe that the name of this hyacinth is “Gypsy” or something like that. It’s just gorgeous. I must buy more of them as I’ve only got a few in that color.

You know, every time I look at one of my photos of a hyacinth I can smell them. Isn’t it funny how the mind works? Do photos of scented flowers or pictures of foods you love do that to you?

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Filed Under: Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation Tagged With: close up, coral, flower, flowers, garden, Green Thumb, growing, gypsy queen, hyacinths, macro, photo, scented, scented flowers, spring, Sunday

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