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A full-time gardener day - I guess I worked in the garden for at least 5 hours. I drank about 3L water, several cups of ice coffee, and...

Beautiful as always!

The pansies combine nicely with the basil foliage-- I think I have found inspiration to give that a try!

In the case that I have piqued anybody's interest in growing a wildflower patch, let me give you my thoughts and what I have learned. 1)...

Nice job with foxglove plants and reseeding. There are biannual . In the first year they grow from seeds into small plants; in the...

Unknown variety of raspberry, given to us as sticks two years ago. They are sooooo delish. I love their "blooms"!!

Harvested some chamomile and let dry in the greenhouse Roses, too Ugh, stall bread too --> later they will become bread crumbs, no waste~

The Mojito Mint this morning. My first impression was, "this is odd." Reading a little about the mint, others consider it as a...

All of our exotic mints may have come from Richter's, in eastern Canada. We don't have many exotics but Richter's sells 20 types of...

I have 5-day off this week, and would like to take 5-day off every month from now on. As the weather is mild and lovely, I stayed in...

First strawberry harvest, about 1.5kg, and 150g wild strawberries :love Basils divided from the supermarket potted plants have many side...

Dinner included new potatoes with fresh dill from the garden-- a delight!

We have a flower or 2 in the potato patch — an indication tubers are growing. It seems early on the calendar but they must be taking...

An overloaded arc, but splendid (some prune back is necessary at the end of the season)

Garden pics at sunset across the pastures and inside the garden.