Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Views of our Garden

Here are a few highlights from our garden this year. I guess you can say we do a pretty good job of growing flowers in our greenhouses, but I must confess to almost completely ignoring our garden. Here is an assortment of flowers we're growing this year that are doing well, in spite of neglect!


Mini Cascade Red Hanging Baskets: These are simply the best hanging baskets you can possibly grow. Almost all you can see is colour, the pot is completely covered with a profusion of blooms that last from May until October. It's completely maintenance free, with an invisible wire hanger, all you need to do is water (and they like it on the dry side which is great if you're not good at remembering to water!). We even add slow release fertilizer so you don't need to bother with that.




Sparkler Cleome: This tall background flower is another of our maintenance free favourites. Plant it. Ignore it. Extremely drought tolerant.






SuperBells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa: Commonly known as "Million Bells", these flowers bloom and bloom all season. They're easy to look after, all you have to do is water them. In this planter, we've combined them with Horizon Orange Ice Geraniums.














Tidal Wave Petunias: Best flower bang for your buck!

Monday, July 13, 2009

What do farm kids do in the summer?

Ahhh, summer on the farm, endless hours of picking, weeding, chores, chores, and more chores. Work the kids from dawn to dusk, they'll thank you for it when they're older! Well maybe not. It's not our philosophy anyway, and we don't want the kids to grow up hating our farm.

This summer, Rebecca spent a week at sailing camp (at the BS&BC here in Burlington at LaSalle Park), and as you can see from her smile, she had a great time. In the photo she's sailing an "Optomist" (Opti's) back to dock after a morning out on the water.

Our family took up sailing a couple of years ago. It is a great way to escape (mentally and physically) from the stresses of the farm. We go out on our Laser 2 when we have the chance, which isn't nearly as often as we'd like.