Showing posts with label flowers gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers gardening. Show all posts

Friday, November 3, 2017

November: tomatoes and flowers

An unbelievable temperature for November 3. 
17C (62F) at 3 PM.
I went out to finally cleared up my veggie beds 
and could still harvest some 
cherry tomatoes!
Even the dill that I planted had seeded itself and new dill plants
were growing up already.
Too bad that I had to uproot all the pretty flowers. 

 Nasturtium (Tropaeolum polyphyllum)
 Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
 Borage (Borago officinalis)
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
But colder temperatures are predicted for the next couple of days.
We need to get back to normal.

Friday, November 18, 2016

November - flowers

As I write this it is November 18. 
The days are much shorter and
you should think it is cold and snowy here in Canada, 
but no, it is mild and
there is life in my vegetable garden.
So, for the record I went outside and took some photos.
Lettuce and some spinach plants are still growing. 
The spinach unfortunately is favoured food of the
voles or field mice. Arrgh!
There are quite a few holes in my garden beds. Not good,
not good at all!
Calendula flowers and
Cosmos
Even a few Nasturtiums are hanging in there.
In the flower beds "Sweet William", dianthus, are showing a few late 
flowers as well.
No wonder that we are able to snack on fresh lettuce and parsley.
The tomato is the last one of my summer tomatoes.
November in Canada is not so bad at all!





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Auntie's translation

Es ist der 18.November und man sollte meinen wir hätten jetzt schon Schnee hier in Kanada. Doch wir werden verwöhnt, es ist noch so mild daß in meinem Garten noch der Salat wächst.
Auch einige Blumen haben noch Blüten.
Kein Wunder daß wir noch gartenfrischen Salat und Petersilie
genießen können. Die Tomate ist meine letzte aus eigener Züchtung.
Der kanadische November ist gar nicht so trüb und traurig!