Late spring tour

One of our neighbours came by to see “what was going on”. We showed him our little garden and the changes to the deck – his response “well, it’s been a long time since anyone did anything with this property”. So we could tell. Philip had come forward with an idea later in winter about…

Cutting off the deck

Our deck along the back of the house is/was 20 feet long. It has covered over the basement window where the bedroom/my office is. Philip made the recommendation that we take one end of the deck off to provide light and create a garden. So he went to work, and in no time flat the…

Spring is arriving

Out here on the prairies, we know that even though the snow is melting, a new snowstorm is still possible as yesterday demonstrated. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t dreaming about the warming ground and an expected garden development for this year. Wendy and I headed off to the garden center the other day after…