Our first peony blooms are in the vase!
The peony plants were in our front yard when we bought Mist Cottage. Every spring they bloom and the scent is wonderful. I love to have them in vases in the house.
I love peonies. My Granny had them in her garden, along with gladiolas, heliopsis, and other flowers.
Shortly after we bought Mist Cottage, our neighbour across the street asked is she could pick our peonies for her friends wedding flowers. We gladly consented.
So far vases of irises, wild geraniums, and chrysanthemums bring cheer to our living room.
Our strawberries have never done well, but they hang on. Every day now Attila brings in one or two berries for me to enjoy.
Attila picked our first head of lettuce today, this evening’s green salad will be special.
My second batch of Kombucha is bubbling away on the kitchen counter. There are some yeast growths, a healthy thing, but they look really disgusting. At first I was quite concerned, but was able to look at various images online that confirmed that the growths are indeed yeast, and not a problem. I really enjoy a cup of Kombucha with cranberry juice mid morning. Since it is made with green tea, it contains caffeine, so it is wise to avoid consuming it later in the day.
The heat wave continues, with sunny skies and breezes. When I was sitting on the porch this morning, I noticed the air quality was not great. It will be nice when it turns cooler, and the rain washes the the air clean. Rain is predicted overnight.
Attila is working on many projects at once. One of them is building a shelf above the high kitchen windows. We need a LOT of storage for food, since we preserve during the harvest months. The jars of dehydrated food cover one of the few flat surfaces in the kitchen. Having a shelf for the dehydrated items will free up counter space. When the space if free, a fermenting station will be setup there.
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Updated on Wed, Jun 5 at 9:37 AM
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FEELS LIKE 29
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Wind 11 SE km/h
Humidity 68 %
Visibility 23 km
Sunrise 5:25 AM
Wind gust 17 km/h
Pressure 100.9 kPa
Ceiling 9100 m
Sunset 8:47 PM
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So glad you are here!
It sounds like heaven there, Maggie! I love this time of the year!
Sandy, me too! This time of year is a real lift, coming out of the winter months. I love the garden Attila has created, and feel so very lucky to have that garden in my own back yard!
Wow! A head of lettuce already? That’s amazing!
Tomorrow we’re finally supposed to get our front garden planted, here at the new house. We chose the design and plants. I hope we like it!
We’ve had temps around 26, the last few days. The humidex has been 33! Fortunately, after some rain we now have some cooler temps coming, so hopefully no stress on the new plants.
Teri, Attila started the lettuce weeks and weeks ago in his little greenhouse, which gives it a very good start. It is loose lettuce, which grows faster than head lettuce.
Your garden sounds lovely! Do they maintain it as well?
Our weather has been similar to yours. I am with you, I do hope those cooler temperature catch up with us sooner rather than later. Cooler weather would give your new plants a better chance to get established, and if it rains, even better.
Your peonies look lovely! Did my gramma have them? I can’t remember. I know she had lilac bushes, those smelled lovely. (Maybe it was my aunt that had peonies. Anyway, I remember that fragrance!)
Joan, thank you! Lilac bushes do have a lovely scent! Lilacs don’t last long as cut flowers, better when the scent drifts through an open window. Peonies are lovely cut flowers, they only last a few days at their peak. Great memories of your Grandma’s and Aunt’s gardens!
They came! We now have a lovely small garden with a Hinoki false cypress, a Jack and Jill holly, heuchera, a small boxwood hedge, veronica, and a pretty Siberian iris. I know I forgot a few plants but we really like it. Oh! And a bleeding heart.
No, we’ll be maintaining the garden. But the lady that put it in for us is going to create some care instructions. Mostly, it’ll just be deadheading and maybe eventually trimming the boxwoods.
Oh, and by next week the gardener will be putting some classic purple lilacs in the backyard. We also want to get some clematis to climb up a privacy screen.
Teri, congratulations! How wonderful, and the timing is perfect for transplanting, so everything should thrive.
Your garden sounds beautiful, and how wonderful to have lilacs in the back yard! The clematis is such a great idea for privacy, I love our clematis. Actually you have me thinking about clematis for the front yard, as our privacy has been diminished with the dying back of our tall evergreens, the result of the fixed broken water main.
Enjoy!!