Snap peas, cucumbers and bush beans that is.

Another heavy spray of insecticide soap on the boxwoods. Small green bugs with micro styrofoam like output.  Eggs perhaps.  

Put in some cucumbers and bush beans in the veg bed. Still have lots to plant. Yeah. 

Had to move the boxwoods before I could plant the new apple and pear trees.  They really create an entrance for the salad bar.

Shows better than a couple of whips.

Planted the second lot of basil from seed and half of the Munster lavender from Richters. Speaking of which:

The bergamot as well. Looking pretty pathetic after being left in their pots for a couple of weeks. Needed more love I guess.  

Also had to transplant the girls. Getting severely pot bound.  It is all going to georgous. No specific deadline on that!

Bought them March 4 at Home Depot at the top of the street. Chitted almost the entire time in egg cartons. 

Been a busy spring, but lo and behold on the early planting weekend, my upper back is talking back. (Insert sad face)

Good day for a photo update:

Fences first. 

Great to have them in. Hopefully done for a long, long time. Richard, Astrid’s brother really made a major difference. His first fence and mine too.  

Thirty post holes and 1000kg of concrete.  Cedar ain’t cheap, but looks and smells amazing. 

Of course I always get excited about the apple blossoms.  Sprayed all the apples with BTK today, then we had a minute of rain.  Now sun! Of course the crab apple is more resistant, but still some minor insects. And one guest star, on the blooming Haskaps, a mud bee.


And for my mother on Mother’s Day. The rhubarb from April 19 and then today on May 8.

This one always takes me a minute. So mid-May should be the last for Toronto. Planted basil, marigold, frosted curls ornamental grass and Cherokee purple heirloom tomato today. Under light and on top of heat.  The marigold and tomato seeds were very few to a pack.  The grass is left over from at least three years so may not germinate. Did start a ginger root last week. The promise of spring.  In spite of the cool grey weather and zero temp. 

One degree and the occasional snowflakes. Seems the joke is on us for an easy winter. Gord is finishing up the front porch. Looks amazing. Can’t wait until it is done.  Ken is looking into siding quotes. 

Richard helped get the old fence posts out. To bad, good fences make good neighbours, as the open space is delirious.   

 

Yep, while we were in Cuba, the hot water pipe for upstairs froze!  Fortunately, with the heat jacked, they thawed and no damage. 

  So back to garden shopping instead of a big plumbers bill.  Picked out the hedge plantings and new fruit trees.  They are sold out of columnar apples.

Whiffletree Farms

Akane Apple – M26 1 $39.00

Harovin Sundown Pear – Semi-Dwarf (Pyrus) 1 $29.00

Male Sea Buckthorn 1 $19.00

Russian Orange Female Sea Buckthorn 1 $19.00

Blueberry Booster (Sulfur Humate Product) – 2 kg 1 $6.00

Borealis Haskap 2 $24.00

Aurora Haskap 1 $15.00

Empress Peach (genetic dwarf) – Ground level 1 $59.00

Wentworth High Bush Cranberry

Hellebores want to bloom?

 
Garden planning is well underway.

   

That’s the new crop for this year. Placed my Richters order for delivery. Lots of delights. Started deep into garden planning. Got to get one. Seems it is an annual affair.  

 Where to put the greenhouse?