Wordless Wednesday Lovely daffodils blooming in my garden at the beginning of the month. The flowers are just about finished now, unfortunately.

JoinWelcome to all the new Green Thumb Sunday members that I finally got around to adding yesterday! I hope you enjoy our little group.Earlier this week I went out into the garden with my camera and I took a number of great photos of the plants that were blooming and new ones that were growing, [...]

Grab the Photo Hunt code. Photo Theme. Visit participants. This weeks theme is Share ANY Photo Doesn’t it look like this trilliums trying to get out of the way of the camera lense or like it’s doing it’s best imitation of “Walk like an Egyptian”? I took this photo on May 1st and the trillium still looks [...]

I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by to express their condolences on the loss of Chris’ cousin who was a very good friend of ours. I was supposed to be in another city and attending the visitations today, but I got really sick yesterday and our car broke down. So I’m [...]

For those of you visiting today for Green Thumb Sunday I might not be able to get my GTS post up today. My husbands cousin passed away on Friday and we’ll be in and out of town over the next few days as we visit with mourning family members, go to the visitations and the [...]

Wordless Wednesday It looks like someone got creative when they were trying to come up with an idea for their extra petunias! I’ve seen some unusual planters and garden decor, but I think this takes the cake! I got this photo from the Garden Humor site. The photo originated in Australia. I guess the idea for [...]

JoinIt’s a beautiful day here in Toronto and I’m hoping to go outside shortly and get some gardening done. I still have to spring clean at least half of the back garden and all the roses need a trim. With all the snow cover we had over winter I don’t believe that I lost any [...]

Normally when I write a post on this blog I discuss my garden, the types of plants I grow, plant profiles and garden maintenance tips. Usually when I write I discuss topics as though I’m talking to fellow gardeners. However, I realize that not everyone who visits this site has already created a garden. [...]

Wordless Wednesday You don’t see these kinds of flowers in the garden very often! Aren’t these dogs adorable dressed up as flowers?

Join When we first moved into our house it had a garden, but not a great garden. It had a lot of weedy plants that spread throughout the garden and even into the grass. I can’t remember the name of this simple green leafed plant, but it was everywhere and it’s notoriously invasive. Other than [...]