Besides the sunshine and the cold, but gorgeous, blue skies, there’s much to please in winter here right now — I’ve mentioned before that I planted the garden partially to conquer the drears of the…
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Perhaps eight, maybe ten years ago, I commented to a colleague who also gardens that I really loved a small tree, just below our department’s building, one that managed to be festooned with both white…
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Last night’s 70-kilometre/hour winds tested the tarping system covering our roof. Paul was out there in the afternoon, re-attaching the tarp in various spots where the winds had torn it away, and there were several…
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There’s rain scheduled for tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And knowing how the weather can be here, we might be carrying umbrellas right through November. December. January. February. But…
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For a few years, while we were getting our garden set up, Pater and I built our weekend entertainment around visiting nurseries, especially the favourite now-sadly-defunct Island Specialty Nursery. Because we did this almost year-round…
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