Any would-be intruder trying to gain access to my apartment by scaling the walls or climbing a ladder will be thwarted and likely injured by trying to vault over the violas (owwwwww, pulled muscle), avoid the hanging baskets (ouch, head injury), and clear the rows of pots completely covering the front three-quarters of my deck [...]
Archive for May, 2008
My security system
Posted in Flowers on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This unseasonably cool May weather is good for two things…
Posted in Growing, tagged Sweet Peas, Viola on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(1) Viola cornuta ‘Starry Night’:
and (2) ‘Explorer’ Sweet Peas:
But not for too much else in my garden. All the seedlings I started last month are really struggling. I may have to cheat and buy some plants at the garden centre this weekend.
Rock star
Posted in Flowers, tagged Lewisia cotyledon, rock garden plants, white flowers on May 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I probably shouldn’t feature this plant on a blog called The Edible Balcony Garden because (#1) it’s inedible and (#2) it’s not even in my garden. This Lewisia cotyledon forma alba is happily soaking up the sun and heat in my Mom’s south-facing rock garden. But I’d like to write about this “happy camper” [...]
Green Thumb (& Black Nose) Sunday
Posted in Green Thumb Sunday, tagged Compost, fun, Green Thumb Sunday, Piper, Westies on May 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Photos of the gardener’s helper adding removing worm compost to from the containers this afternoon:
No wonder cleaning up takes more time than any other gardening activity.
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The fairest tulips of them all
Posted in Flowers, tagged tulips on May 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday morning — a weekday off work plus three more blissful things, all before breakfast:
1) Sunshine
2) An easy drive from city to country (ie, light traffic, no roadwork, no construction zones — this is rare)
3) A greeting from exuberant ‘Angelique’ when I pulled into Mom’s driveway:
No surprise that my favourite tulips are the same colour [...]
Today’s most encouraging news headline:
Posted in Growing, Sowing on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Zero Mile Diet’ Blooms in BC
Source: The Tyee
Good news for gardeners, farmers, locavores, seed savers and seed vendors who manage sustainable supply and demand in the new home garden and small farm based economy. (OK, I’m just dreaming with this last statement.)
Green Thumb Sunday
Posted in Green Thumb Sunday, tagged 'Inaba shidare', Japanese maple on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve spent the last week of evenings and several hours today dividing tangled root balls, repotting and potting on, amending soil, pruning, trimming and shaping — in other words, dealing with previous seasons’ plants — and tending to seedlings — oh where will I put them all? But my focus in this post will be [...]
What’s up?
Posted in Growing, tagged greens, herbs, nasturtiums, Seedlings on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Seedlings trying very hard to grow tall and strong in this cool weather.
Nasturtiums: Vanilla, Cherry Jubliee, Creamsicle
Lettuce: Looseleaf, Romaine, Butterhead
Lavender, Parsley, Basil, Alpine Strawberry ‘Mignonette’
