One of my top priorities for this property was to plant some trees. Since the removal of the giant, dead tree last year the front garden has looked pretty bare and exposed. The house is also the only one on the block without city planted elms in the front yard. To get the tree lined [...]
Archive for May, 2009
19 May
Tulips and other flowers
This house didn’t come with much in the way of plants or garden beauty. However some tulips and hollyhocks have come up this year. I knew the hollyhocks were there but the tulips were a surprise. Moving in in July tends to keep spring blooming bulbs a secret. There is also an abundance of chives [...]
19 May
Animals
Well, as much as I want a flock of backyard chickens I don’t think this city is ready for it… and I’m most likely not, either. So our only farm animals so far are our two cats, Wendel and Winston. They were both adopted from the local Humane Society and have been a great addition [...]
19 May
Frigid Weekend
The Victoria Day weekend is traditionally when most people put in their gardens and generally expect frost to be a thing of the past. Unfortunately the weather has been awful this year. Cold records broken in winter and less than a handful of sunny days above 15 degrees thus far. Although Saturday was quite nice [...]
19 May
Blueberries and Strawberries
Just an update on the blueberries since I just planted them in the ground. I was originally planning on placing them on the northwest corner of the house to receive partial shade. However, we have decided to get new windows soon and I didn’t want to place too many permanent things near the house just have [...]
14 May
Blueberries
The garden centre at work is in full swing (although under cover right now due to the crappy weather) and they are selling some big pots of blueberries that look like they’re in decent condition. I usually like to frequent the local garden centre but these were really inexpensive and I do need to worry [...]
14 May
Snow!
Nothing throws a wrench into my spring momentum like a day of snow. It’s not all that much and I’m sure it’ll be gone by this evening but still, snow. What a pain in the ass.
13 May
City Life
I love the city. My city probably differs from what most people consider ‘city’. It has less than a quarter of a million people and has a very small downtown. I do not live ‘downtown’. I do not live in a condo or a highrise. I have an older city lot that I guess may [...]
13 May
Queen City Farmer – The Prequel
QCF is not the first blog I wrote. I was previously on blogger and had a few difficulties with the site. However I did do about 15 posts over there and instead of bringing them over to wordpress I decided to just link back to them. It’s called Urban Pharmer. Kind of a play on words [...]
12 May
Spring Garlic
The first of the spring planted garlic is up, er, well just barely. I swear that green must belong to garlic! This is my first experience growing garlic and since I couldn’t wait until later to fall grow it I thought I’d try my hand at spring sowing. I didn’t really have much area [...]
