Gordon's Garden Diary

1 Apr '07 4:04 pm

Here's the first post on my new thread. It will be about the progress of my garden and some of the sights around Campbell River, BC, Canada. I hope folks enjoy it!

To begin with, here are 2 pictures of the new flower bed that I have been talking about all winter. One of them has been posted elsewhere here at Moosey's, but the other is new. Later on, I hope to show you some of the local beauty spots like the estuary of the Campbell River (part of which I posted before also) as well as some other places. Of course, I'll also keep everyone up-to-date on the progress of this garden, as well as that of the rest of my garden!

Here goes:

1 Apr '07 6:44 pm

Go Gordon ! -It will be great to have all your pictures in the one place to get the sequence .I like the rust - red colour of the top board -I have just finished painting my front door that colour as it looks nice with the green of grass and foliage .
Dixie.

2 Apr '07 1:40 am

Good job, Gordon. Now we can see your lovely plants all in one place. I will be checking for new additions regularly.

2 Apr '07 6:52 am

Dear Gordon, what a lovely surprise to discover your -own!- Diary, after this hard, but happy and sunny, gardening day!

So! This is great! We are following your gardening activites , like a film, now! And, your border looks like some of mine, neat , weeded, planted, fed! But , still, I have a long way to finish some more, mainly Rose borders..And on Tuesday we are leaving to Athens for a week...Tomorrow I really do not know if I manage to finish all my garden planned tasks, AND prepare for the trip...Oh, dear! I lost so many precious gardening time with that wintery weather...

But I wish you, to work productively and joyfully in your beautiful garden, with lots of warm sunshine! Maybe, I 'll have a look from Athens , from the computer of my son... Be happy!

2 Apr '07 11:36 am

Thanks, everyone, for the support! Have a great time in Greece, Liza!

Here are some pictures that I took today (a cloudy day, of course) of another part of the reclamation of the estuary of the Campbell River with a few close-ups of some of our native spring flowers. I hope you like them.

2 Apr '07 5:46 pm

Well, the old song says that, "April showers bring May flowers", but what about April snow?? Less than 2 hours after I posted the pictures that I took earlier today, I woke up from an afternoon nap to find the air filled with huge snowflakes and the ground all white!! An April Fool joke from Mother Nature! Here's a couple of pictures of my garden just before dusk.

-gordonf

3 Apr '07 3:22 am

Well, Gordon, what a surprise for you to wake up to that snow. Don't worry, your little daffodils will be fine. Mother Nature can be full of surprises, but it is also great to know how resilient she can be as well. The photos of the Cambell River estuary reclamation are a perfect example. It is wonderful to see all the wildlife and wildflowers returning. I think the dogs enjoyed the outing as much as you.

3 Apr '07 3:41 am

How wonderful Gordon! You've finally started your own garden diary! An absolutely interesting one too to read and follow with a mix of your own lovely garden and neighbouring areas of interest! There's much beauty to appreciate in your wonderful pics. Great job! Thanks for sharing! Very Happy

3 Apr '07 8:05 am

...And I enjoyed ALL those Nature and wild flowers photos! Those Skunk Cabbages are SO beautiful! What is their botanical name? And ALL flowers and bushes are so pretty! You are really lucky!

And, Gordon!! I am SO sorry! For the snow! I know exactly how you feel! To see your lovely daffs like this!..Anyway, I just saw your countryside in full Spring action, so , don't worry, maybe tomorrow will be a sunny, warm day!

3 Apr '07 5:48 pm

Hi, Liza-

You were right; today was a lovely, sunny day, although in the shade it remained quite cold and some of yesterday's snow still was hanging around in the shady spots when the sun went down tonight. In the sun, though, it was so warm that I had to fully open my cold frame to avoid overheating my seedlings and new plants. I got a tiny, just rooted Daphne "Brigg's Moonlight" the other day for a fraction of the usual price from a nurserywoman who said that she really hadn't planned on selling any until late summer. I turned on the charm for all it was worth to persuade her to sell me one. She agreed after I promised to keep it in the cold frame until the weather warms. I'll post a picture of the little guy tomorrow.

I finally found the Latin name for Skunk Cabbage. It is Lysichiton or sometimes Lysichitum. There are only 2 species, one, with yellow flowers, from North America, and the other, with white flowers, from northeastern Asia. In summer, the leaves have a very tropical appearance, rather like those of cannas but parallel to the ground and up to a metre or more in length and 30 cm across. I suppose you could say that they look quite like giant Hart's Tongue ferns!

I'm starting a new, part-time job tomorrow for 2 days per week to support my gardening habits Rolling Eyes

, so I have to get to bed pretty soon.

My email provider doesn't seem to be working properly today, so I came to Moosey's directly instead of just logging on to the threads that show up in my email. It seems that I've been missing quite a bit of news about members' knees, etc. But I hope to be up and running again in a couple of days!

Cheers!

gordonf

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Snow in April!!

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I'm still here , Gordon!

Skunk Cabbage