Friday, March 27, 2015

Moose On The Loose

   It is a rainy, dreary day here this morning, but I was pleasantly surprised by a visit from a moose!  A fairly small one, looking for food.  She nibbled on our neighbour's crab apple tree, then wandered around our yard for a while, then back into our neighbour's yard.  When she was finished, she I assume she strolled up their driveway and out onto the street.  Poor little thing.  Didn't look all that well. 


Taken through the plant room window (click on photos to enlarge):








Taken from the front step:


















Sunday, March 22, 2015

Two Weeks To Go...


I have been unusually patient this year, and have held off starting all my seeds except leeks.  Two or three weeks to go until I can start everything else.  The pots, soil, coir pellets, and heat mats are out and ready.  In the meantime, I keep going through my packets and deciding what I want to grow...and then changing my mind...



London Broad Leeks



Ready to plant!


Saturday, March 7, 2015

Remembering My Garden Helpers


Remembering my favourite garden helpers.  It just won't be the same this summer without them.



What greater gift than the love of a cat?  (Charles Dickens)



Karl (~5)
February 25, 2015  







There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone. (Louis J. Camuti)



Saj (16)
September 24, 2014  







No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.  (Leo Dworken)



Fuzzibum (14)
June 7, 2012







How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. (Robert A. Heinlein)