Made by MeghanBehold! The first apple tree is blossoming in my very own mini orchard. The Aurora Golden Gala apple is one of my favourite apple varieties (yes, I have favourites). It’s a relatively new (2003) BC cultivated apple, but the trees themselves only became available for the public to buy and plant in 2014, I believe. More info […]
The garden that comes with the house we’re renting on Salt Spring Island is easily five times bigger than the York Avenue urban garden in Vancouver where we planted for the last six years. We haven’t had the time to revitalize and plant all of the new garden, which appeared to have been neglected for at least […]
It is foggy in Vancouver this morning, and the olive trees just outside my kitchen window are covered in spider webs that look like crystal lace. There is some metaphor in this that I probably should be exploring, but I simply found it beautiful to behold. FYI, you can see the web more clearly if […]
… looks like this: At least in my garden … under glass and against the south-facing wall of the house. So I’m trying to make you snow-covered Easterners jealous … but not too jealous. ———- Photo info: Subject: Golden Prolific Nectarine, 4 years old Camera: Canon SLR – EOS digital Rebel XTi. 35mm camera lens […]
I ran the halloween pumpkins out to the compose between rain showers this morning, and, upon returning to the house, I saw this beauty tucked up underneath the eave of the studio window. I should have run inside for the SLR, but I was afraid it would start raining again in the time it would […]
The sun comes out, trees begin to bloom, and my love affair with Vancouver begins anew. I no longer find myself rushing to and from the house, but rather taking little moments to wander through the garden to see what is new each sunny day. Today the three-year-old dwarf nectarine tree is in full bloom, […]
Over 6 feet tall, grown from seed…not edible.
This is one of the new varieties of tomatoes we tried this year, Yellow Brandywine. The plant was huge, took a long time to fruit, and didn’t start ripening until mid-September, also it seemed to be very prone to powdery mildew, but they sure were tasty! I purchased the starter plant at the VanDusen Garden […]