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Fossils & few Flowers
We live in an area that some call "the barren wasteland." Flat cash crop land that is thankfully interrupted with a small bush (woodlot, for you Americans!) here and there . The odd ditch, or maybe a...
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No flowers needed
All leaves have such a fresh texture. Even though it's flower, flower everywhere in the alpine gardens right now, the leaves are doing their best to compete. Here's a taste of what is happening in the...
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BLUE, Blue, blue
The last two weeks in the garden have been all blue, the mystical colour that everyone wants...and the gentians haven't even started to open. A plant people are reluctant to grow is the blue corydalis....
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Oh Soldanella...
Soldanellas: delicate, fringed purple flowers. But this David Attenborough clip from "The Private Life of Plants" makes it look absolutely stunning.Read entire article »
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Taking the heat
The heated greenhouse is almost empty. We leave the plastic on the hoops and clear out all the newly propagated material into the uncovered holding houses.This place is a burning sauna in the summer -...
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Pinery: Day 1
Aside from the great swaths of poison ivy, this was a wonderful place to be 30 minutes from our home/nursery. Why? Read entire article »
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Oak Savanna & Dunes
A second day at the Pinery, at the southern tip of Lake Huron. First hike of the morning is to the Black and White Oak Savanna (apparently one of the rarest habitats in North America) and the dunes. It...
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Maitland River (Goderich)
Yesterday I was uploading and organizing pictures of the plants along the Maitland River, and the harbour beach in Goderich where we visited 2 weekends ago. That day was calm - in what is called...
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Bog-Logs in Algonquin
It's hard camping at the usual campgrounds. Maybe if you live in the city it feels like you are 'getting away from it all', but when you live out in the boonies, like outside Kerwood (pop. 200), you...
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Down into Drumheller
When planning our trip west for two weeks at the end of August, we had to incorporate Drumheller, come hell or high water, as we had kids in tow, and one in particular is a 9 year old boy that has been...
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