More and more of the sunflowers are opening up, and today I spotted one that's different. Most look like this. Bright, sunny, mostly yellow with light oranges and greens around the developing seeds. Then there was this one. The camera actually lightened it up a bit. Compared to the others, this one looks almost black … Continue reading Dark Sun
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Resilient
Last night, a massive storm system passed over us. In parts of the province, there were tornado warnings. Here, we had rain. Finally. It started to rain somewhere around 2am, and didn't stop until about 7am, and we might still get more, later. For all the watering of the gardens we've been trying to keep … Continue reading Resilient
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First sunflower!
No, none of our giant sunflowers are blooming, yet. In fact, we didn't even plant these ones. Bird seed and deer feed we've been leaving at one end of a flower garden have been sprouting. Much of it is in the grass and gets mowed, but right under the platform feeder, we're letting them grow. … Continue reading First sunflower!
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Our first haskap berries
I was out doing my rounds a lot earlier than usual, though I skipped tending to the kittens for later. My husband needed to go into town to get his blood work done - something that has been postponed several time already - and we were planning to get there for when the lab opened. … Continue reading Our first haskap berries
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Growth
So the series of severe storms that looked like they were going to head right over us... didn't. They passed to the East of us, instead, though we did get some nice rain. I'm good with that. I headed out to check on things this evening, and was greeted by a Rolando Moon! She seemed … Continue reading Growth
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New Growth
I found some lovely new things growing this morning! The first was the sudden appearance of these mushrooms on a dead tree. They were not there, yesterday! Meanwhile, my mother's honeysuckle just exploded with flowers! It is so good to have the rain, after last year's drought! The Re-Farmer
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Recommended: What the Fungus
Welcome to my “Recommended” series of posts. These will be weekly – for now – posts about resources and sites I have found over the past while that I found so excellent, I want to share them with you, my dear readers. 🙂 Whether or not I continue to post these, and how often they … Continue reading Recommended: What the Fungus
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Recommended: Maritime Gardening
Welcome to my “Recommended” series of posts. These will be weekly – for now – posts about resources I have found over the past while that I found so excellent, I want to share them with you, my dear readers. 🙂 Whether or not I continue to post these, and how often they are posted, … Continue reading Recommended: Maritime Gardening
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Recommended: Urban Farmer Curtis Stone
Welcome to my “Recommended” series of posts. These will be weekly – for now – posts about resources I have found over the past while that I found so excellent, I want to share them with you, my dear readers. 🙂 Whether or not I continue to post these, and how often they are posted, … Continue reading Recommended: Urban Farmer Curtis Stone
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Budding
My daughter spotted a surprise in our largest aloe vera, Sarlac 2. It's starting to send up a flower spike! This aloe traveled with us during the move. Before the move, we were able to sell quite a few things, including several of Sarlac 1's transplanted babies. We had intended to bring the Sarlac along … Continue reading Budding
