Spring arrived. In a box. 50 Jonquil daffodils, 5 cloves of porcelain Music garlic and five mix giant alliums. $75. Thanks Veseys.
We’re in for a week of grey and rain so I got them all in over the past two days. No frost yet!
The alliums went in on 84. The garlic went in where the summer composter was in the veg bed. And seven new daffodil spots. Can never has to many daffodils.
Finished the new composter and still have all my digits. My pants, on the other hand, didn’t fair as well.
I did this last in July 2012. Like then, the wood has been around since the fences went in. So I just had to buy the hardware cloth/metal mesh to line it. Thoughtful attempt to try and keep the critters out and the neighbours happy. This unit is a little smaller at 3‘ x 3‘. Still absolutely delighted with it. And just in time for the fall cleanup.
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AND – if you don’t want to build a permanent composter. I’ve also come up with a quickie here and easy solution. Buy the 36 inch roll of wire mesh. Drive a couple of stakes into the ground. Rebar is amazing for this. Then use any bendy wire to stitch up a seam at the two ends and voila a one season composter. Still needs a good watering and stir every couple of weeks. After winter, just tip in over and “pour” it out; plant it up.
Still trying my hand at braiding the sweet grass. Tried adding in sage and hops.
And another 12 hours to go on this first dose. It did help me get the last boxwood pruned.
(ltr) After! The corner before, then after. So glad. This spring I thought it was a goner.
Pruned the hazelnuts as well. Took out one 20 foot sucker. Not even enough nuts to make a bracelet.
The tiny tomatoes have started.
It’s full on summer. Hot and humid and more baby things all about. Most notably the three baby robins. I can barely get a glimpse of them and no worthy photos. However
And the excitement does not stop there. Kevin dropped off Paeonia Suffruticosta – a purple tree peony in honour of my Mom.
I wish you could buy a hole when you buy a plant. Just saying…
Plants watered, peas picked and pulled some garlic. Leaving the rest of the hard neck in the ground for another week as there is no sign of the skins splitting. The soft neck hasn’t done as much. Need to get this year’s garlic ordered.
Ms. Robin is in her nest this morning. The slightest move and her head pops out. I’ve decided that once I see signs of her chicks I will empty the composter and create a serious worm buffet.
Snow peas have gone from blooms to pickable in two days. So gorg.
July has kicked off hot and dry. Could be a week of feels-like mid to high 30s and not a hint of rain in the forecast.
Totally on the down low… a robin has nested in our dogwood right off the balcony. I haven’t got a great picture as she and her nest are well hidden. And trying to be a bit invisible in her immediate vicinity. Don’t want to scare her off. That said, she must have had some sense of what she was getting into during her three days of nest building. She’s been around enough the last 48 hours that she must be roosting. Hope to get a peak at some real Robin’s egg blue!
The third week of June the garden is full of life. One of the elderberries is in bloom and of course the other not. The honeysuckle and the poppies have also just started. Grape tomatoes all have blooms and both one in the garden and one by the balcony have fruit forming. What fun. It’s been dry the past two weeks, but just had a light rain. Things will burst ahead now. Time to mow again!
FarmerTO 