Archive for June, 2009

I’ve just spent an hour doing something in the garden that, until now, has seemed somewhat unnatural to me: I’ve been ripping out plants. Inspired by the neighbour of my parents, whose lovely back yard perennial garden seems perpetually free of weeds (each of her mature perennial plants standing proudly in its place, unencumbered by...
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Another of my plants that’s blooming beautifully right now is honeysuckle. It’s growing on an iron obelisk at the corner of our back deck. But look a little bit closer… APHIDS! Fortunately these little buggers don’t seem to be bothering any of the other plants in the garden, so I’ve decided to view the honeysuckle as...
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I brought this clematis from my garden in Toronto, five years ago. I’ve also moved it once since then. It needs some training and pruning, but it still blooms! It’s called Clematis “Sunset”. These happy little flowers look like daisies, but they’re not. They’re feverfew, and each flower head is about...
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I use this old, wooden ironing board as a potting bench on our back deck. It’s the perfect height for a workspace and looks cool, too! Later on in the season when I’m not doing much potting on a regular basis, I put some of my houseplants outside to enjoy the heat...
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The first time I really got down into the dirt to do some planting this season, I realized that gardening while pregnant was going to be a bit of a challenge. I have all of these nerves and muscles and ligaments that I’m not used to having to consider, and I found that...
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