tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post2508588647748809229..comments2024-03-05T04:53:05.648-04:00Comments on Canoe Corner: Triumphs and TragediesMargueritehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-59572104519086862162011-04-18T19:09:17.283-03:002011-04-18T19:09:17.283-03:00Frances, brilliant idea! I could take a series of...Frances, brilliant idea! I could take a series of pictures and use them as my screen saver at work. Something to contemplate when I'm tired of looking at files!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-60064849724615988672011-04-18T17:32:52.668-03:002011-04-18T17:32:52.668-03:00Marguerite just reading comments and your last to ...Marguerite just reading comments and your last to Janet about moving the desk to each window, there is a simpler way, take a photo and make it you desktop background, not forever but for just as long as you are considering what to do, FrancesIsland Threadshttp://islandthreads.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-84953509856144371912011-04-18T12:01:14.101-03:002011-04-18T12:01:14.101-03:00Debsgarden - I find it absolutely amazing how blog...Debsgarden - I find it absolutely amazing how blogging has changed my sense of gardening. To see gardens that are a full season ahead or filled with tropical plants. It's baffling and awing. The downside to our late spring (or upside some would say) is that it is short. The weather is so haphazard, with cold and rain, it's hard to get outdoors and then suddenly it's June and it's hot! <br /><br />Cat - I hadn't really thought of putting the desk in front of a window before and now I can't imagine why we didn't do it sooner. It's a lovely, and somewhat distracting, spot and once that entrance bed starts coming together it will be a really lovely place to sit.<br /><br />Janet - It was definitely difficult to concentrate with all the action going on outside! But it was good in that it really made me think hard about what should go in that entrance flower bed. perhaps I should move the desk around to every window of the house so I start thinking about what all the views look like!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-3727830941352505972011-04-18T03:51:07.162-03:002011-04-18T03:51:07.162-03:00How wonderful that, despite the last gasp snow flu...How wonderful that, despite the last gasp snow flurries, Spring is finally arriving for you. I can see that you are going to have a lot of fun this year taking your garden plans on to the next stage, making lists, planting plans, taking hundreds of photographs. Exciting, like all the new growth pushing its way up. Not sure you are ever going to get anything serious done on that laptop, other than, perhaps, looking up plants - not with that view and your head so full of plans! Good luck curtailing the ravages of the wildlife.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-39735949019462416952011-04-17T23:31:16.500-03:002011-04-17T23:31:16.500-03:00My workspace is nearby a window as well and I find...My workspace is nearby a window as well and I find myself called to the garden, camera in hand...sometimes work just has to wait! Nice to see spring coming on strong where you are...it will break the back of winter in no time.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872899189875117518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-17233208751404843922011-04-17T23:03:06.338-03:002011-04-17T23:03:06.338-03:00I laughed at the grass hut! No doubt it is the por...I laughed at the grass hut! No doubt it is the portal to an underground world filled with critters. It is exciting to see new growth emerging. My spring is ending, and yours is beginning. Almost, I wish I could do the season over again, it has been so glorious. I will be checking at the end of summer to see what has survived, as you check now to see what has made it through your winter.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-44431387783814292952011-04-17T19:24:52.418-03:002011-04-17T19:24:52.418-03:00Johanna - Aren't bulbs a joy to watch? Such b...Johanna - Aren't bulbs a joy to watch? Such bright bursts of colour so quickly in the spring. It's a real cheery sight.<br /><br />Janet - I wondered about that! I actually pushed the 'hut' in this photo over but there was no tunnel underneath? However I just couldn't believe mice would dig all those tunnels. I'm pretty sure we must have moles but I've never actually seen one. What sort of damage do they inflict?<br /><br />Lannie - Artemisia spreads? Fabulous! There's a number of places I could use this plant and I love the feathery texture and silver colour. An album is a great idea. Previously I've used my mac program 'pages' to create a master list of plants and insert photos of the plants.<br /><br />Frances - you're right, perhaps the mice are using the mole tunnels for themselves. That would make a lot of sense. Unfortunately past photos aren't going to help me much as many of these plants were placed just in the fall and pictures weren't taken. I purchased them in spring thinking I would make spots for them over the summer and never managed so they got thrown in hither and yon before the bad weather hit. That's why I have geraniums in my veggie beds! I must be more organized this year.<br /><br />Jennifer - I noticed they built their little hut on the far side of the raised bed. Some protection from the snow and wind on that side. Smart little varmits. I watched the weather channel this morning and boy was there ever snow in Ontario! Ours didn't amount to much and was quickly washed away so I can't complain really.<br /><br />Jane - this weather really is outrageous. Last weekend I was in a t-shirt and this weekend nothing less than 3 layers would do. If I'm confused I can't imagine what the plants must think.<br /><br />Liz - I"m so impatient but it sure is nice to see some growth, even if it's just a couple inches. I literally had to lay down on the lawn to get the photos of the squill they're so tiny.Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-33941440686710264932011-04-17T18:25:59.671-03:002011-04-17T18:25:59.671-03:00Nice to see some life emerging after the long wint...Nice to see some life emerging after the long winter. Soon enough...I keep telling myself.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490707739030306265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-49830639866629017582011-04-17T13:53:50.170-03:002011-04-17T13:53:50.170-03:00We are getting a few flakes here too. Simply disgu...We are getting a few flakes here too. Simply disgusting! Last Sunday was 23c and today it is 2c. WTH?<br />In better news my bleeding heart is up about 6 inches and my myrtle is starting to bloom. (Obviously nothing much is going to grow today!) <br />That cute little straw house looks pretty cozy, much better than a teepee lol!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803104035204416080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-19109412352249366502011-04-17T12:43:22.345-03:002011-04-17T12:43:22.345-03:00Hi Marguerite,
Can you believe it is snowing here...Hi Marguerite, <br />Can you believe it is snowing here!! Where is global warming hiding out? I can't remember such a cold, miserable spring. As in your garden, plants and bulbs are peeking up out of the ground, but they have halted now until warmer weather returns. <br />That little mouse teepee is quite something! I am sure that as well as providing shelter, it helps to keep the snow up out of their burrow.Jennifer@threedogsinagardenhttp://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-66717662412097107752011-04-17T11:27:03.647-03:002011-04-17T11:27:03.647-03:00you have a nice group of plants in the waiting Mar...you have a nice group of plants in the waiting Marguerite, looking at past photos like Janet says helps identify where things are, you will have a lovely view of your garden from your bay window, the birds are always gleaning my grass and soil, if I put down a mulch it can get thrown every where especially if it is grass cuttings, the upside is not just having the birds to enjoy but few wee pests, <br />your husbands teepee comment made me laugh sounds just like my son would say, Janets saying the voles travel through mole tunnels, on the islands south of me where they have an over population of rabbits and hedgehogs (both non native to the islands) the hedgehogs use the rabbit tunnels making it near imposible to protect the eggs of the thousands of ground nesting birds from becoming hegdehog food, and some people think amimals are stupid! <br />love Priscilla at the window, <br />hope you get some warm weather soon, FrancesIsland Threadshttp://islandthreads.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-39472402993579126902011-04-17T11:22:17.562-03:002011-04-17T11:22:17.562-03:00Lannie says Hi: Several things come to mind, we to...Lannie says Hi: Several things come to mind, we too catch many moles with peanut butter and mouse traps..my gardens here in Muskoka are on par with yours in P.E.I., buds emerging beautifully..Artemisia spreads like crazy, it can take over, I've thrown out buckets of it..Something I do is buy little photo albums with plastic pages at the Salvation Army and every plant I buy which has a plastic tag stuck into the pot, gets washed and put into these albums..my memory is terrible, people stop by on their walks and ask me names of plants, so I revert to my albums for the names plus the name tags come in really handy for hostas so I don't duplicate them when buying new ones..isn't spring so hopeful and energizing? regards Lannielanniedeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-75088856904801113642011-04-17T10:30:45.973-03:002011-04-17T10:30:45.973-03:00I hate to be the bearer of bad news but those stra...I hate to be the bearer of bad news but those straw huts as you call them are probably the tunnels of moles. The voles use those tunnels to travel around your garden. I find mouse traps with some peanut butter on the underside of the trap works well. <br />It is fun discovering new growth emerging from the ground. Unsure of what it is? Check your photos from last year! My photo record has helped me before.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600547016363116211.post-87317626042383392542011-04-17T10:03:06.018-03:002011-04-17T10:03:06.018-03:00I love watching the bulbs push their way up. I hav...I love watching the bulbs push their way up. I have daffodils, tulips hyacinths and crocuses as well as a couple of different day lilies. Every spring it lifts my heart to see them come up. Last weekend I thinned out the raspberry bush and cleared away around the rhubarb. Looks like we'll have a lot from these guys this year.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505670295868283874noreply@blogger.com