Flowers and Weeds

Please visit me in my garden, among the flowers and weeds, as I carve out a little patch of heaven in this rainy Pacific Northwest. I hope to share with you some of the joys, the triumphs, the techniques I learn along the way, and maybe some favourite garden recipes and art projects, too.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bug Animation Videos

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Thanks to Does Everything Grow Better in My Neighbor's Yard? , for introducing me to the "Minuscule" bug animation series on Y...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Garden Project : Day 5

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It hailed this morning, just as I was saying good-bye to the kids at school at 9am. I had left the umbrella home, taking a chance with the o...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Garden Project : Day 4

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This morning we had a short reprieve from the rain. There were actually mostly-blue skies when I walked the kids to school in the morning. B...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Garden Project : Day 3+

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It has been a very rainy November. When I talked to my landscaper last week, he said he was surprised by how suddenly the weather has chang...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Fraser Foreshore Park

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Since we were all home for Remembrance Day today, we decided to take a walk in the afternoon, between rain showers. We haven't been to F...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Garden Project : Still Day 2!

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This is a frustrating week for me. I have already waited patiently for over a year for my garden project to start. Seeing the beautiful clea...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

The Walking Stick Life Cycle Turns Again

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I am thankful to my sister who tracked down a pair of stick bugs (walking sticks) a year ago October for my birthday gift. This is a photo r...
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Garden Project : Day 2

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I was pleased on Wed to see my landscaping crew of 2 arrive at 10am, and resume my garden project. They were scheduled to come Thursday, but...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Garden Project : Day 1

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I have been dreaming and scheming about a garden reno project in my upper yard for over a year now. Today the shovel finally hit the soil, a...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fall Colours in the Garden

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In Burnaby (Vancouver) BC, the degree of fall colours depend on how much cold weather we get before the rains begin and take down the leaves...
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