We had a lovely birthday party for the girls. I thought it might be a bit chaotic, but the weather was good, we were outside the whole time, the kids were happy, the adults were well fed, and a good time seemed to be had by all.
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Last birthday, we had a quiet celebration with my [...]
Everybody has a different lifestyle and living experience. These snapshots from the last couple of weeks does give a hint of ours, anyway. Busy busy busy! but with lots of time for the improtant things, such as play and gardening, fmaily and friends.
BTW: You will see some pics of Sugar and Spice’s friend Tigger. Guess [...]
Last time I showed pictures of my garden, it was for my friend L in Calgary. But this time is for a very nice Iranian gramma, whose baking I had the pleasure to sample (and SO enjoyed!)
We’re in full harvest mode, as you can see… there are veggies every day and we give a lot [...]
My frind L asked me to post some pictures of my gardens this year. Here you go, my friend. Sure beats the hell out of Calgary for growing, lol. I think you still had snow when these pics were taken.
The homestead. Notice how much the front gardens have grown in since just planting them last [...]
The girls really love going out gardening with us - which is good, because it’s like their father and I’s favourite summer hobby.
For example, I took a nap this afternoon and told them not to interupt me unless they were hurt. When I woke up an hour later, I found them outside - happy as clams [...]
We’d been looking at the calendar, and here just a few days into May, the summer seems all booked up already - crazy!! The warm months always go by in a whirl.
Soon the traveling will start, but for a few days - calm. Dad is in town visiting/at a conference, we celebrated Mother’s Day at [...]
Last year we had this grand scheme for the side yard, which was basically this grassy, weedy pit of a place. The previous owners has some half-baked plans that never came to fruition. We decided to build a shaded play area, with butterfly attracting, soft plants, trees to make shade, and many indigenous plants. Then after [...]
Aside from the random 10 minute hailstorm yesterday, we’ve been having great weather here in the Okanagan. Spring is here in full force - it’s kinda cool:  the “two lips”, as the girls call them, which they planted last fall are up and blooming. I think gardening is a great activity for them to learn about nature [...]
This whole “no pesticides no herbicides” thing has been a big deal for my farmer-raised-in-Saskatchewan husband… but he is getting into it and having some real fun gardening these days.
We’ve found a few aphids on the cherry tree and one of the rose bushes (Jrock’s prized roses!!) and he has been diligently soap-straying them. But [...]
Spring is here and it’s a great time to play a guessing game with Mother Nature - so all you gardeners out there… why don’t you give a try?
I’ve posted pictures below of five of our trees’ blossoms… can you guess which is which? The photos were taken two days ago. Just post a comment with [...]
The spring wine festival starts at the end of the month - it’s the biggest event in the year in the Okanagan - aside, of course, from the fall wine festival. We have noticed that we have been drinking more wie since we moved here… not too much! but we did go through three barrels [...]
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It’s been a while since I last posted about my garden…
My vegetable beds were looking pretty forlorn when they were first planted… Now the veggie beds are full of lushious zucchini and peas and beans and parsnips and lettuce. And that’s just what we can eat now. What a treat. I haven’t had a vegetable garden for years, [...]
My mother made a sarcastic remark to me on the phone the other night that I hadn’t put any new posts up on my blog recently… true! it’s been a little slim in the news department. I promise to try harder, Mom!
Actually, I already promised my mother-in-law that I would put up pictures [...]
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This was for you, husband of mine!
(He says it has to do with being a farm boy - “spring is for spraying!” he says! Sofar he’s been out there with his pump and poisons two or three times. His mission? Freeing our garden from the scary, nasty plague of … <dandylions.> Every time I object. [...]
I have all these big landscaping plans, and Jrock has been standing by, scrutinizing my ideas, throwing his hands up at costs, and just being generally grumpy about the whole thing.
So I started myself - riping up sod, buying plants at the Garden Club’s sale, etc. Finally, seeing big patches of dead sod on our [...]
