And still the garden grows

I’ve been really happy with my Malvas this summer. Started back in February I have three really good sized plants now. Their blooms seemed to diminish in the hottest part of the summer but they kept putting off flowers and now that the rains and cooler days are upon us they seem to really be…

Harvest time

There are quite few big tomatoes in the garden that are starting to turn colour – soon ripe for picking! It’s that time of year. It amazes me that these plants – some 6 feet tall – produce from such a tiny seed these beautiful fruits. Yes, I know it is a fruit. I’m stuggling…

A splash of colour

For those of you who live in warmer climates, where the flowers begin to bloom in February, you may not be able to appreciate the joy of seeing colour begin to dot the landscape at this time of the year. Here we are, the people of the great white north celebrating that colour is now…