These violas survived the last snowfall of the season!
Stella D'oro daylily, Trifolium and Shasta Daisy I grew up in Brockville, Ontario. That's Zone 4 for gardeners. For the last 9 years we owned a beautiful farm in TImmins, Ontario. That's Zone 2, good for growing tag alders and jack pine, as my husband likes to say.
Last year we moved to Pembroke, ON which is back in Zone 4. The sheer abundance of life and nature all around us is still overwhelming me. I've loved to get my hands in the soil for a long, long time. My mother surely gave me the passion for it, along with the shovels full of iris, hosta and bleeding hearts she brought me from her own gardens during her last visit. I am also trying to grow some pink poppies from seeds that my aunt gave me. She said they were a favorite of my grandmother, so I might have the green gene on both sides!
Last year we moved to Pembroke, ON which is back in Zone 4. The sheer abundance of life and nature all around us is still overwhelming me. I've loved to get my hands in the soil for a long, long time. My mother surely gave me the passion for it, along with the shovels full of iris, hosta and bleeding hearts she brought me from her own gardens during her last visit. I am also trying to grow some pink poppies from seeds that my aunt gave me. She said they were a favorite of my grandmother, so I might have the green gene on both sides!
Shasta daisy, Sedum 'Maestro', 2 Globeflowers When we moved, I brought some hardy geranium, centaurea and some white peonies from my childhood home. It's a triumph to me to see their familiar blooms again. We nurture the lady's mantle, coneflowers and the scarlet rose that the previous owners left behind here.
My dear late father-in-law also loved to garden, and we talk about him often while building the collections of sedum, hosta and dianthus, which were some of his favorites.
My dear late father-in-law also loved to garden, and we talk about him often while building the collections of sedum, hosta and dianthus, which were some of his favorites.
Hosta 'Satisfaction'. I'm in love with it! The best enabler of my obsession, Hubert's Nursery, is on my daily commute. One of my new friends is an avid gardener AND horsewoman, and she toured me around the local plant sales in May; the new liatris, black sedum and tirella are coming along.
I've often thought about how horses can span the generations and bring people together. A lifetime of research and practice only scratches the surface of what can be learned. For me, gardening has a lot of similarities!
I've often thought about how horses can span the generations and bring people together. A lifetime of research and practice only scratches the surface of what can be learned. For me, gardening has a lot of similarities!
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