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It has been a long time and I guess I just outgrew this site. Besides, I wanted my own address so please go to shesonaughty.com I had planned to have the shots I took in April, to be placed here. However, I don’t know what I did with them and I can’t find where I saved them. I’m sure I didn’t delete them but who knows. Anyway, here we are in June.  Third year of trying to get it right  Let’s hope this time it works  Love those rocks  It was once a barn for small animals. We call it the “Hen House”  Giant White Fleeceflower and fuchsia Peonies  With view of the river between the Fleeceflowers, fuchsia Peonies and other flowering plants.
As you might have guessed, I’m wild about the fleeceflowers. They are so dramatic, perfect for a large property. If I ever do find the April shots I will post them.  Charlie and Katelyn walking down the hill into the valley below  Helping with the mitts. Charlie and Katelyn It’s kind of sad and yet kind of fun. Well, that’s the way it is with us gardeners. We have to be the most optimistic people in the world. Even if this year was a disappointment what with too little or too much rain, insects, critters etc. making our lives miserable, we plan and dream of the perfect garden we will have next year. Charlie will have to do one more mowing before cleaning the mower and putting it up for the winter. Then we will have to fertilize the shrubs and trees. We’re trying it this year in the hope of having less work next Spring. We’ll see. This year I planted asparagus, rhubarb, 2 types of blueberries, several strawberry plants and tomatoes. The asparagus and blueberries won’t be ready for eating for another couple of years, the rhubarb should give us a crop next Spring. The tomatoes failed miserably so I’m giving up on them. I’ve planted much more for the shade garden such as goatsbeard, astilbe, lady’s mantle, bleeding heart, ferns etc. I’d like to build some kind of trellis for climbing plants. Oh, I have so many dreams. I transplanted the Tiger Eye Sumac suckers in a couple of the beds. I love that shrub/tree because it is beautiful from Spring to late Fall. The foliage is so vibrant and changes colour throughout the year from chartreuse to yellow to orange and red before dropping its leaves. The Golden Elder I bought as a little bare-root plant has grown into a nice little tree. In Spring it was covered with lovely white blossoms which turned into berries. Late summer when the berries had turned a very dark purple, I harvested them and make Elderberry Syrup. It is fabulous over ice cream or pancakes. As well, it is highly nutritious and has been used forever by native people to ward off colds and flu. The rose hips were disappointing this year whereas last year they were wonderful. So, you can never tell with nature. What’s awesome this year could be a dud next year. But 2017 was the year of the elderberry. It was also the year of the cones. Every conifer sent out cones of every shape and size. It was like Mother Nature having multiple births. It was weird. The autumn colors were very disappointing. Normally we’d have a burst of colour – a feast for the eyes – everybody’s favourite time of year. Not this year. It was so strange – maybe just 25% of the color we have been accustomed to. Nobody talked about it much but we all noticed it. And I just saw that we’re expecting snow Thursday night and Sunday. I don’t mind. Less work. I can stay inside guilt-free enjoying just being and watching endless movies. And that pretty much is my year in revue, the garden edition. Next, the Christmas Season – always a fun time. Thank you for reading my little blog.
Believe it or not, I’m glad. I hope we get mountains of snow. Anything is better than that terrible drought we had last summer.  Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow  I never thought I’d be so glad to see white again Since virtually nobody ever reads my blog, I am posting these pictures I took only yesterday. We felt it would probably be the last time this season we’ll be able to go down the hill before the snow and ice take over.  Two large burn piles. Charlie and Ralph will be doing this once there is a layer of snow . That way the burn is safe and won’t spread.  Two piles ready to be burned.  Over the last 7 1/2 years, Charlie cleared the entire acre of huge ugly Manitoba trees, bushes and scrub singlehandedly. He is in such great shape, he’d put men 20 years younger to shame. Make that 30. I think it’s all that back-breaking work that put him in this shape. Now the trick is to stay in shape over the long winter. Well, there is shoveling snow but that’s not nearly enough.
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