My latest @savvygardening post is about growing arugula. The variety I planted last year, Voyager from @williamdamseeds has been providing me with loads of salads these last couple of weeks. Not only did my plants come back, but because I let it go to seed, I have a lot of seedlings coming up in random spots (as well as dill). While it’s nice to have extra plants, I have a few too many, so I think I’ll try to get a handle on the seed pods this fall! . . . #savvygardening #arugula #wildarugula #perennialvegetables #tarainthegarden #frontyardvegetablegarden #gardeningyourfrontyard
My 12-year-old niece joked that she brought a book to a recent family dinner so she didn’t have to listen to us talk about the price of groceries. 😂 I won’t bore you with my rants about grocery prices. But it got me thinking about money-saving tips for growing your own food. I avoid clamshell packets of herbs at all costs, so I make sure to grow my own. Growing from seed is always the cheapest choice. But if you’re going to purchase seedlings, some plants provide extra value. When it comes to a pot of basil or parsley, It may look like you’re getting one robust plant, but it’s likely a bunch of little seedlings. They’ll look small and spindly at first when you take the “plant” apart, but each individual seedling will grow into a healthy plant. My recent basil purchase yielded 26 seedlings and a flat-leaf parsley purchase about 29. . . . #growingbasil #growingparsley #herbgardening #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #herbgrowingtips
All my little species tulips bloomed when I wasn’t looking. I guess they’re so short, their leaves blend in with everything else until the flowers reveal themselves. This beauty is Pulchella Violacea. . . . #speciestulips #springbulbs #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #savvygardening #tarainthegarden
Every day the garden reveals a new flower or leaf (or the promise of). This is Pink Wonder. Another ruffled daffodil favourite. And on the last slide, a daffodil I only vaguely remember planting. . . . #springgarden #tarainthegarden #springfloweringbulbs #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #savvygardening #flowerbulbs #daffodils #daffodilseason
I love that kale is a biennial. If you can keep it alive over the winter, it’s possible to get a few spring harvests before it flowers. Last year, I let a couple of kale plants go to seed in one of my raised beds and late in the summer, all these little seedlings appeared. I moved some of them into my front yard raised bed that has row cover protecting it and the plants are big and happy. . . . #tarainthegarden #growingkale #gardeningyourfrontyard #savvygardening #frontyardveggies #sproutboxgarden #springveggies
The first daffodils to bloom are my Ice Follies in the front garden. The flowers are pointing a bit downwards as if they’re still unsure of the weather. Despite that, they’re about a week earlier than last year. I love the ruffled cups on this variety. . . . #daffodils #daffodilseason #tarainthegarden #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #springbulbs #savvygardening
My forsythia buds have been closed up tight against the rain and snow we got this past week, but the sun finally coaxed some of them open today. . . . #forsythia #springfloweringshrubs #springflowers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I’ve been on forsythia and Chionodoxa watch. The former is close, but my Chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow) plants have burst into bloom. I even spotted a bee, but he left before I could get a photo. . . . #chionodoxa #gloryofthesnow #springfloweringbulbs #tarainthegarden #springgarden #savvygardening
My prairie smoke is starting to bloom — just the one in the sunny front yard. The one out back is further behind. I love this stage, but my favourite is when they look like tufty Troll dolls. My first introduction to this native plant was when it came as part of my Plant of the Month Club from @onplants.ca via @green_venture. . . . #nativeplants #ontarionativeplant #wildflowers #tarainthegarden #prairiesmoke #geumtriflorum #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden
My Puschkinia Libanotica is blooming about three weeks early. The flowers are so small and close to the ground, they’re hard to capture, but easy to spot because of the contrast against the leaf litter. I love the delicate blue stripes! . . . #puschkinialibanotica #puschkiniascilloides #springfloweringbulbs #springflowers #frontyardgarden #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I peeked around in the side garden because I’d seen a few hellebore buds already a couple of weeks ago, and there are already a few blooms! Looking back in my photo archive, they opened around April 10 last year and April 21 in 2022. . . . #hellebores #latewintergarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I ran out of room in one of my raised beds for my garlic last fall, so I tucked the extra cloves into my front yard raised bed that’s been covered by row cover all winter. Needless to say, it’s much further along than the backyard garlic! . . . #growinggarlic #frontyardvegetablegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #sproutboxgarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard
I had forgotten I planted snowdrops in my front garden, but all of a sudden, I was seeing these little shoots popping up through the soil. Then tiny white buds, closed up tight. Yesterday I noticed they had bloomed. My neighbours were probably wondering why I was crouched down in the garden! . . . #snowdrops #galanthus #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #springbulbs #winterbulbs #flowerbulbs #latewintergarden
With the mild temperatures we’ve been having, and snow drop sightings, I’ve been on winter aconite watch. At the end of last week, I checked on my little patch around the side of my shed. I was greeted by a bunch of little yellow buds among the leaves. Today they’re almost all in bloom, enjoying the sunshine. . . . #winteraconite #eranthishyemalis #latewintergarden #savvygardening #tarainthegarden #springfloweringbulbs
It’s hard not to feel impatient for spring when we’ve had more spring-like weather than snow. I have to remind myself it’s still February! But, a little tour around the backyard revealed oregano, lemon balm and hellebore buds. And my winter aconite is close to blooming! . . . #tarainthegarden #latewintergarden #savvygardening
My latest article for @savvygardening is about growing shiso. In searching for photos from my garden, I discovered this snap of a little ladybug crawling over a leaf.ñ of my Bicolored Shiso from @reneesgardenseeds. . . . #shisoleaf #perillaleaves #herbgardening #savvygardening #tarainthegarden #ladybug #shiso
My latest @savvygardening article is about growing liatris. To me it’s a pretty perfect perennial: four-season interest, deer resistant, pollinator magnet, drought and heat tolerant. I absolutely love how it looks in my front yard garden with it’s very average soil. And it’s spread into a nice patch (but not aggressively). . . . #liatris #liatrisspicata #nativeplants #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #pollinatorplants #droughttolerantplants
In the fall, I scooped out some of the kale babies I found in one of my backyard raised beds and planted them under row cover in a front yard raised bed. It’s been so mild, they actually grew. I was able to harvest a few leaves for a stir fry tonight. At this point I think I’ll add some plastic to keep things warmer inside. . . . #growingkale #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardvegetablegarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #wintervegetablegarden #rowcover #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #sproutboxgarden
All my walks this week have been taken in a light drizzle. Yesterday I came across some soggy asters in bloom and a couple of flowering primulas. I thought my forsythia was blooming when I looked out my upstairs window, but I discovered it’s sprouting a few leaves! All these things should be covered in snow, but instead they’re confused. . . . #climatechange #climatechangegarden #savvygardening #tarainthegarden #wintergarden
Took advantage of a nice warm day at the end of November to put together my winter urn. It didn’t take long… snipped some juniper branches and dried hydrangea blooms, added some foraged birch from various hikes and stuck my rusted reindeer in the middle. . . . #winterurn #wintercontainers #holidaycontainers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I have a thing for the fluffy white seed heads of Japanese anemones. The garden still provides little pieces of wonder and solace at this time of year. . . . #savvygardening #tarainthegarden #japaneseanemone #wintergarden #seedheads #fluffyseedheads
First snow hats of the season in my garden. . . . #wintergarden #snowhats #savvygardening #tarainthegarden
Some blooms from my “calendula patch.” I planted seeds as part of a wildflower packet a few years ago, and because they easily self sow, they come back every year, and cross pollinate with each other. Even the dying, scruffy flowers look pretty. . . . #calendula #calendulaflowers #gardeningyourfrontyard #selfsownflowers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #octobergarden #pollinatorplants
There was so much frost yesterday morning the car windows had to be scraped. Today it was warm and sunny, and a lot of my plants seemed to have shrugged off the cold temps - even most of my tomatoes that are left! My three Delosperma Ocean Sunset Orange Glow plants, a 2024 introduction from @darwinperennials, are blooming as if it were summer. The second two slides are groundcover sedums in bloom from my @sedummaster mats. All loving October! . . . #sedum #groundcoverplants #delosperma #droughttolerantplants #sedummats #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #fallgarden #octobergarden
My pumpkin patch was a bit of a bust this year. It’s my fault… I have a big new back garden, so when I ran out of raised bed space, I figured it’s a great place for the plants to sprawl out. But with the tree canopy, they just didn’t get enough heat and light—though it was also exceptionally rainy. I did get a few squash, including a couple of these cute little Dumplings. The seedlings were from @funkytomatoes99. . . . #dumplingsquash #squashharvest #growingsquash #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
As the veggie growing season winds down for most, some gardeners are ramping up for winter harvests. My @savvygardening partner, @nikijabbour, wrote THE guide to growing food through four seasons: The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. This calendar is a companion to the book, providing gorgeous photos and growing tips for each month of the year. I'm excited to hang it up in January. These sell out fast, so if you’re thinking of it as a gift, you may want to shop for it soon! . . . #theyearroundvegetablegardener #nikijabbour #savvygardening #yearroundveggies #tarainthegarden #gardencomm #gardenwriter #gardeningcalendar #workmanpublishing
These mums self-sowed from a plant that was in the garden above. This “garden” is a thin strip of soil that runs along the side of a raised concrete front garden attached to the house. The soil is poor and it doesn’t get any rain and yet the one little plant has multiplied (see second slide) and comes back every year. The original plant was a potted chrysanthemum I bought a few years ago for my fall urn. . . . #tarainthegarden #chrysanthemums #fallmums #fallflowers #gardeningyourfrontyard #savvygardening #selfsown
The garden is winding down, but I’m still harvesting loads of tomatoes (because they were so behind this year), peppers and tomatillos. This weekend I roasted tomatoes for a spaghetti sauce that included garlic, a sweet pepper, a jalapeño, oregano and basil from the garden, roasted tomatillos and poblano peppers for soup and pickled jalapeños. Trying not to let anything go to waste! . . . #roastedtomatosauce #harvestingtomatoes #harvesttime #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #preservingtheharvest
My sunflowers in my front yard raised beds are covered in bees. I’m sure my neighbours must wonder why I stand there so long staring at flowers! But I love to watch them move systematically among the blooms. This one’s face was so covered in pollen, I could barely see it! . . . #sunflower #sunflowers🌻 #pollinatorplants #gardeningyourfrontyard #raisedbedrevolution #frontyardvegetablegarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
To celebrate the fall equinox, I thought I’d share a favourite fall flower: Asters. They are blooming everywhere right now, including around my yard, even though I didn’t plant them. I don’t mind because they’re so pretty—and they’re native to Ontario. There are about 150 aster species that are native to Canada and the U.S. . . . #asters #fallasters #fallflowers #fallwildflowers #wildflowers #ontarionativeplants #nativeplants #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #autumnequinox
One of my favourite new annuals this season was the @aasgardenwinners Premium Sun Coral Candy Coleus. The detail and colour in the foliage is pretty spectacular. My trial plants came from @panamseed and will be in garden centres for 2024. . . . #premiumsuncoleus #coleusplant #coleusleaves #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #containergardening #aaswinner
A view of my front yard raised beds. I’m so happy I moved all the heat lovers to the front yard. Living on a ravine, the tree canopy has spread over time, blocking out the sun to my original backyard raised beds at certain times of the day. Things are looking a bit wild at this time of year, but this spring and summer the front bed has provided me with cabbage, pak choy, broccolini, garlic, beets, peas, dill, cilantro, lettuces, basil, tomatoes, jalapeños, poblano peppers, and tomatillos. Marigolds and zinnias flank the front and back, currently. The back one currently has a couple of tomato plants, zucchini, basil, a sweet pepper, and towering sunflowers. . . . #frontyardvegetablegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgardening #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #sproutboxgarden
I got a whopping two whole beets from my spring sowing! Once I saw them poking up, I just planted my tomatillos and peppers around them and let them do their thing. I’ve planted more for fall… Let’s hope the germination rate is better! . . . #beets #growingbeets #beetharvest #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #raisedbedrevolution #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardvegetablegarden #sproutboxgarden #raisedbedgarden
Picked these poblanos and jalapeños (and some tomatillos) this evening to make posole verde. I found the recipe on the @mexplease website a couple of years ago and it’s become a favourite. It’s also a great way to use up an abundance of tomatillos and peppers, and I love that all the green veggies (and garlic) required to make it came from my front yard veggie garden. I’ll freeze batches of it for winter meals. . . . #poblanopeppers #jalapenopeppers #growinghotpeppers #hotpepperharvest #raisedbedrevolution #gardeningyourfrontyard #savvygardening #frontyardvegetablegarden #tarainthegarden #raisedbedgardening
The sunflowers in my front yard raised bed tower over my head - I had to stand on tiptoe and raise my arms to take this photo. It’s been a strange gardening season… despite all the sun and ample rain, my tomatoes are very slow to ripen. And my peppers (besides the jalapeños) are just starting to slowly come in now. But the sunflowers are giants. . . . #growingsunflowers #sunflowers #frontyardvegetablegarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden
Harvested some early tomatillos… a few were rescued from a branch that broke off in a recent storm. The others started bursting out of their skins. I think these ones will go into a salsa verde. . . . #harvestingtomatillos #tomatillos #tomatillosalsa #raisedbedgardening #raisedbedrevolution #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #harvest
Polar Bear zinnias on my “outdoor desk.” I love breezy days like today where it’s not too sweltering to work outside. I saw an Instagram story asking if there’s a term for dreading the end of summer. I can’t believe it’s August 16! I will be out here every day until it’s too chilly to bear it. . . . #growingzinnias #polarbearzinnias #cutflowers #tarainthegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgardening #savvygardening
My second tomato of the season (the first was a Sweet One Million) is this juicy-looking beefsteak called BrightStar, a new, early-maturing variety for 2024 from @burpeegardening. It’s in a large container on my deck and there are four more ripening on the plant! . . . #beefsteaktomatoes #tomatoharvest #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #containertomatoes
My peppers are very slow this year, so I was happy to have three jalapeños ready to pick. My favourite ways to use them are pickling them to put on tacos, nachos and enchiladas, stuffing them with cheese, and adding them to a pozole verde recipe with the poblanos and tomatillos that I’m hoping will be ready in a month or so. . . . #jalapeños #jalapeñopeppers #harvest #tarainthegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #savvygardening #hotpeppers
My little patch of wild bergamot aka bee balm is spreading in my front yard garden. This whole section of garden has been abuzz. I love the texture the tubular petals add to this area. . . . #wildbergamot #wildbeebalm #monardafistulosa #wildflowers #nativeplants #ontarionativeplants #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
Liatris is one of my favourite summer flowers. I dug in one good-sized perennial a few years ago and now I have a well-established patch! The soil is poor (though I have been working to amend it), and the site is hot, sunny and dry, but the plants love it. And those long tufts are currently covered in bees! When they dry out, they’ll be covered in birds, looking for the seeds. This is a great winter interest plant that is native to North America. . . . #blazingstar #liatris #liatrisspicata #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #droughttolerantplants #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #pollinatorplants
Moving my garlic planting from the backyard raised beds that get more and more dappled light every year to my new front yard raised beds was a smart move. I think these are the biggest bulbs of garlic I’ve grown in a long time - or maybe ever! They’re now curing in the garage. . . . #growinggarlic #garlicharvest #frontyardvegetablegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
This Eastern prickly pear cactus is at the edge of my neighbour’s garden, so I’m the one who gets to enjoy it as I water my front yard veggie beds. . . . #easternpricklypearcactus #pricklypearcactus #opuntiahumifusa #frontyardgarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
My white zinnias I bought from the @funkytomatoes99 sale are starting to open and they’re so pretty!!! They’re planted in one of my raised beds in the front yard. . . . #whitezinnias #zinniaflower #zinnias #tarainthegarden #rasiedbedgarden #raisedbedrevolution #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardvegetablegarden
Looks like I have some gooseberries to pick! I often forget about this bush because it’s along the side of the garage where I don’t really go every day. A couple of years ago I made strawberry gooseberry jam and it was so tasty! I’ll be pulling on my rose gloves to pick because the thorny vines hurt! . . . #gooseberries #gooseberrybush #tarainthegarden #harvest #savvygardening #summerfruit #summerberries
I swear I do more than just follow bees around the garden! I couldn’t resist the bees flitting about my lavender. 🐝 . . . #pollinators #bees #lavender #beeonlavender #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #frontyardgarden #gardeningyourfrontyard
Right now I make a few trips a day to my veggie gardens to check for (and squish) three-lined potato beetles and leaf hoppers I find on my tomatillos, and cucumber beetles in my cucumber and squash blooms. I was delighted to see this bee flitting to the flowers of both my tomatillo plants. Tomatillos need cross pollination to set fruit, so this is a good sign! . . . #tomatillos #tomatilloverde #nightshadevegetables #frontyardvegetablegarden #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #pollinators #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #savvygardening #sproutboxgarden
I have so many weeds, the 🐰 hasn’t found my lettuces! 😝 . . . #lettuce #growinglettuce #tarainthegarden #frontyardveggies #gardeningyourfrontyard #savvygardening #raisedbedgarden #sproutboxgarden #raisedbedrevolution
I was snacking on snap peas as I checked on the gardens this morning after the rain. They are a hanging basket variety called Snack Hero. I planted them along the edge of a raised bed so they’d cascade over the side. . . . #snappeas #hangingbasketpeas #snackheropeas #reneesgardenseeds #raisedbedrevolution #sproutboxgarden #frontyardveggies #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #raisedbedgarden
I’m loving this combo I planted in my urn - Sweet Talk Deep Pink Cuphea, columnar basil, Premium Sun Coral Candy Coleus, Caliburst Yellow Petchoa, spearmint and Ipomea. . . . #containergardening #porchpots #containercombo #savvygardening #tarainthegarden
One of my first zinnias to flower is this gorgeous Queeny Lime Orange that I bought from @funkytomatoes99! I’ll deadhead it to encourage a bushier plant—and more blooms! . . . #zinnia #zinniaflower #queenylimeorangezinnia #aaswinners #cutflowers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden
Strained the chive blossoms out of my jars last night after a week and a half or so of “steeping” in vinegar, and whipped some into a salad dressing (chive vinegar + olive oil + salt + honey) to drizzle over fresh greens and asparagus from the farmers’ market. . . . #chiveblossomvinegar #chiveblossoms #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #herbgardening #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden
A couple of the Mini Purple Daikon radishes I sowed in April were starting to bolt in the heat, so I harvested them all from my front yard raised beds. They’re so pretty when you cut them open. I sliced them thinly and pickled them for a salmon rice bowl topping. That same meal I also stir fried some pak choy that I harvested that same day. I love when some or all of a meal comes from the garden! . . . #daikonradish #minidaikon #purpledaikon #harvest #growingradishes #tarainthegarden #raisedbedrevolution #raisedbedgarden #frontyardvegetablegarden #savvygardening #sproutboxgarden #reneesgardenseeds
Despite vowing to cut back each year, I always end up with more veggie seedlings than I have space for. So I was happy to dig one of my tomatoes into this bamboo tomato planter and trellis that’s now sitting on my deck! . . . #bambooplanter #containergardening #decktomatoes #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #containerveggies #gardenerssupplycompany
I harvested most of my garlic scapes last night to make garlic scape pesto. I added some to a pasta dish and then put the rest in an ice cube tray to freeze and use over the coming months. I still have some scapes that aren’t quite ready, so I’ll be making more soon to stock up! . . . #garlicscapes #garlicscapepesto #growinggarlic #harvest #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #frontyardveggiegarden #sproutboxgarden
I don’t think my At Last rose has ever had such enormous blooms! It is hardy and disease resistant, and will bloom throughout the summer. I put some fresh soil around it in the fall after getting a delivery, but I’ve never fertilized it. . . . #atlastrose #hardyroses #modernroses #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #provenwinnersplants
I was trying to wait to harvest my rapini when I had enough stalks for a meal, but it’s starting to bolt in the heat. I guess I’ll have to just focus more on the leaves! . . . #rapini #broccolirabe #brassicarapa #raisedbedrevolution #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #frontyardveggies #gardeningyourfrontyard #raisedbedgarden #harvest
We’re officially in “fresh cut flowers in my outdoor office” season. First up are my first peony blooms. I didn’t get the best show this year. I need to give them some TLC! . . . #peonyseason #peonybouquet #peonyflowers #freshcutflowers #cutflowers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I think I like prairie smoke seed heads even more than the flowers! They remind me of the hair on the little trolls we’d put on the end of pencils as a kid. I’ve planted another in the new garden we dug in last year after pulling out invasive lily-of-the-valley and daylilies. . . . #prairiesmoke #geumtriflorum #nativeplants #nativeplantsontario #onplants #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden #droughttolerantplants
I was excited to see an Eastern black swallowtail butterfly flitting about, reminding me about the plants I haven’t had a chance to dig in yet! . . . #blackswallowtailbutterfly #easternblackswallowtail #blackswallowtail #ontariobutterflies #pollinators #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
I’m trialling some fun annuals in my containers, including this Cuphea Sweet Talk Deep Pink from @panamseed, which is apparently a pollinator magnet for bees and hummingbirds. I’m loving the flowers, too! . . . #cuphea #cupheaflower #containergardening #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #pollinatorplants
I love growing interesting flavours, so last year I planted mitsuba for the first time. The seeds were very slow to germinate (I planted them too early), so the seedlings never really took off. But luckily Japanese parsley is a perennial herb and my bounty is this year! I wrote about it for a recent @savvygardening article. . . . #mitsuba #japaneseparsley #herbgardening #raisedbedrevolution #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #raisedbedgarden #springgarden #perennialherbs
Pink Wonder finally opened! They were all facing down in the rain the other day, looking regretful of their choice to open. But gradually they lifted their faces for the sunny, albeit chilly, days this week. . . . #pinkwonderdaffodil #daffodilseason #tarainthegarden #springfloweringbulbs #springflowers #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden
Glad I left a cage over my kale in the front yard. It’s been thriving! I also found two untouched in a backyard raised bed, which I’m surprised about because the deer were back there. Buds are starting to appear because they’re last year’s plants, so this may be one of the last harvests. I got enough to pack into my salad spinner, but of course when stir fried it wilted down to nothing! 😂 . . . #kale #growingkale #frontyardveggiegarden #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #raisedbedrevolution #gardeningyourfrontyard #springvegetables
I kinda missed my hellebores in their prime this year. That’s what happens when you plant them in a garden on a side of the house where you don’t really tend to walk past often. Hopefully my neighbour enjoyed them. Even as they start to fade, the flowers are pretty cool when you get up close. . . . #hellebore #springperennials #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #helleborus #springflowers
Muscari grows so low to the ground, you almost have to get onto your belly to admire it properly! . . . #muscari #grapehyacinths #springfloweringbulbs #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #frontyardgarden #springbulbs
Some wet, shivering daffodils in my front garden, probably wondering why they bothered to bloom! These are from the yellow and white mix I purchased in the fall from @backyardbloomery. . . . #daffodils #narcissus #springfloweringbulbs #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard
Prairie Smoke in my front yard garden. I need to plant more! This native plant is drought tolerant and the bumblebees love it. It’s also deer resistant. . . . #prairiesmoke #geumtriflorum #nativeplants #ontarionativeplants #tarainthegarden #springflowers #savvygardening #gardeningyourfrontyard #frontyardgarden
Ice Follies is the first daffodil to bloom in my front garden. There are others, but they don’t seem to want to wake up yet. I’m sure this morning’s snowflakes provide little encouragement. . . . #icefollies #daffodilseason #daffodil #narcissus #springfloweringbulbs #springflowers #tarainthegarden #gardeningyourfrontyard #savvygardening #frontyardgarden
This week’s weather has really kickstarted the garden. In fact I think some plants are a bit confused by the temperatures. Chionodoxa, though, is right on time! And you’d never know we had torrential rain a couple of weeks ago. All the soft spots in the yard are gone. Everything is SO dry! . . . #chionodoxa #gloryofthesnow #springfloweringbulbs #tarainthegarden #savvygardening #springgarden
Forsythia fireworks in the backyard. Snipped some to enjoy in my urn! . . . #forsythia #forsythiabush #springfloweringshrubs #springflowers #tarainthegarden #savvygardening
My neighbour has anemone blanda flowers all through his front garden. Several metres away, this one makes an appearance in my lawn each spring. . . . #anemoneblanda #grecianwindflower #windflowers #springblooms #gardeningyourfrontyard #tarainthegarden #springflowers