In The Garden

Yesterday we had our first real snowfall. We got a couple of inches and the temperature is cold enough that it is staying on the ground.  It...

It's not easy to find colour at this time of year, but there are some spots of contrast. I let the broccoli go to flower at the end of t...

I bought this Christmas cactus last year in December.  It was in bud but, as often happens when a plant goes from greenhouse to store to hom...

Some dried flowers from the garden: yellow statice, magenta gomphrena and white astrantia.  Nice reminder of summer. This bird nest blew dow...

One of my air plants just bloomed. This is the scrawniest plant of the five that I have so  I didn't expect it to ever do anything but h...

We finally had frost and I harvested the celery in advance of it.  As usual, I have more than I probably need.  Celery always gets away from...

Last weekend was the peak of the fall colour which coincided nicely with our Canadian Thanksgiving. We   haven't had much in  the way of...