When it comes to gardening, we don't have much time left to enjoy the fruits of our labor. In my case, I'll be leaving town for 3 weeks, which means I won't be around to see my garden reach its zenith. But I'm still glad that I put plants in the ground, softened up the edges of my yard, and that my friend Sarah will enjoy a harvest of tomatoes on my behalf. It's good to garden, even if (especially if?) our friends reap the greatest reward.
Maybe I could sneak one of my green tomatoes with me on my trip!
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Get Your Plants in the Ground!
If you take advantage of the sales of perennials this time of year, be sure to plant them in your garden before winter!
I have made the mistake in years past of thinking I could let plants I purchased one year sit in their pots over winter while I decided the absolute best spot for them in my yard. And since I've had a handful of plants die over the winter--and my sister admonished me to just put plants in the ground--I have ensured that I make my landscaping decisions much more quickly. Now if I buy a plant, it's in the ground about a week after I buy it!
DIY landscapers in warmer climates have the luxury of taking more time to place their plants, but we Albertans have to act fast...and that's not such a bad thing.
I have made the mistake in years past of thinking I could let plants I purchased one year sit in their pots over winter while I decided the absolute best spot for them in my yard. And since I've had a handful of plants die over the winter--and my sister admonished me to just put plants in the ground--I have ensured that I make my landscaping decisions much more quickly. Now if I buy a plant, it's in the ground about a week after I buy it!
DIY landscapers in warmer climates have the luxury of taking more time to place their plants, but we Albertans have to act fast...and that's not such a bad thing.
Sale at Canadian Tire!
Plants are now on sale everywhere!
I took advantage of an evening when my husband was out golfing to go plant shopping at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, and Superstore. I came home with 6 shrubs, and they cost me less than $25!
Three of the shrubs are juniper shrubs, 2 are juniper ground covers, and the remaining shrub is a rhododendron, destined for a shady spot between our neighbor's house and ours. It should display lovely little purple flowers in the spring.
Although I told my husband that I was done buying plants for the year, I wonder if perhaps I misspoke! If any more purple shrubs go on sale, I may have to purchase them to replace a few junipers that didn't survive last winter.
I took advantage of an evening when my husband was out golfing to go plant shopping at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, and Superstore. I came home with 6 shrubs, and they cost me less than $25!
Three of the shrubs are juniper shrubs, 2 are juniper ground covers, and the remaining shrub is a rhododendron, destined for a shady spot between our neighbor's house and ours. It should display lovely little purple flowers in the spring.
Although I told my husband that I was done buying plants for the year, I wonder if perhaps I misspoke! If any more purple shrubs go on sale, I may have to purchase them to replace a few junipers that didn't survive last winter.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
First Day with the New Blog
I've been here before...wanting to put my thoughts to blog-o-sphere, and maintaining that enthusiasm for a good couple months before the passion to pour out personal ponderings perished.
SO, I'm well aware that I can't try to be too deep here, or else this blog will dissolve quickly too...just like all the rest.
By the way, I've started this blog as an assignment for a class I'm taking towards my MLIS, completely online. Perhaps I could write about what I'm learning in LIBR 240. Anyone out there speak HTML, CSS or JavaScript? Nevermind...they are poetry...meant to be experienced rather than read verbatim.
SO, I'm well aware that I can't try to be too deep here, or else this blog will dissolve quickly too...just like all the rest.
By the way, I've started this blog as an assignment for a class I'm taking towards my MLIS, completely online. Perhaps I could write about what I'm learning in LIBR 240. Anyone out there speak HTML, CSS or JavaScript? Nevermind...they are poetry...meant to be experienced rather than read verbatim.
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