Niagara Falls
We recently took a bus trip to Niagara Falls, which is about 3.5 hours to the west of us. We love taking the bus as it means a relaxing travel time with no worries of all the traffic through … Continued
The UnconVentional mOOse
A favourite daycation is to head north and visit The Unconventional Moose. This is a wonderful store to explore on Hwy 7 between Madoc and Tweed, less than a half hour drive from our house. The owners describe it as … Continued
B for Bluejays
The bluejays are year round visitors to our garden feeders. They mainly feed on nuts and seeds. They love mailbox feeder which we fill will peanuts. These birds certainly let you know when they are arriving in the garden.
The Craf-tea Cup Planters
I love to plant in containers other than flower pots. Repurpose those chipped or cracked teacups into little planters.The ladder planter has a collection of old teacups, teapots, tea kettles, bowls and dishes that I plant in. Most are … Continued
Camp Crafts and Swaps
A picture can be worth a thousand words. These are crafts from my years as a Girl Guide leader. They were used for camp swaps and hat crafts. Most of them are easy to figure out just by looking at … Continued
The Signs of Progress
Last Fall we started work on the sign post garden. There was an old spruce tree here that was slowly dying off. All the branches were cut off and the trunk was left. A birdhouse was added to the top … Continued
Z for Zucchini
Zucchini, or as the British call them – courgettes, is a summer squash. This is actually a fruit but we treat it as a vegetable. These plants originate in Italy but are grown across many part of the globe. The seed … Continued
Laden With Berries
The honeysuckle shrub is laden with red berries. It’s is the beginning of July and it is time to check in with the tree following at Lucy’s blog.
Plant Profile: Yucca
Yucca or Adam’s Needle is a gorgeous, tall perennial, ornamental plant for the garden. It is classified as an evergreen shrub that doesn’t shed its needles and it doesn’t have a trunk. It likes dry and sandy soil conditions. A … Continued
The Craf-tea Pots
What do you do with those old teapots that might drip too much when you pour the tea or have a crack in them? Don’t you dare throw them away. Create your own teapot totem. You just need a … Continued
A Spanner in the Works
The Old Toolbox Planter One of my sayings is “If it can hold dirt, you can plant in it.” and I’m always looking for different things to plant in. During a clean out of the basement tool bench I came … Continued
Hello Mellow Yellows
The mellow yellows are all over the garden this week … coreopsis, daylilies, evening primrose, stonecrop, buttercups and more. The weather has been wonderful, hot but not necessarily humid. It’s the kind of weather I could enjoy all summer long.
Cross That Bridge …
… when you come to it. Years ago a bridge was made out of recycled deck wood and it was a great bridge for crossing over the run off stream at the back of the garden.But like anything else, over … Continued
It’s “Bean” a Lilac Bush …
… and now it’s a bottle tree bean support! One of the lilac bushes didn’t survive the winter and even though I talked nicely to it, trimmed off some broken bits it still didn’t give off any buds. So … Continued
Beware of the Snappers
The snapping turtles are out looking for places to lay their eggs, Last week we discovered one at the side of our road … no muddy patches there to lay eggs. It was huge and we wondered where it had … Continued