despite the temperature in vancouver being below the norms for this time of year i for one really cannot complain. after 4 years of toronto’s long winters, i welcome this comparatively early warmth, flowers reaching skyward and the ability to spend more and more of my time outside and, more specifically, in the garden. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
red star in the evening
Posted in my gardens, tagged cordyline, garden, gardening, red cordyline, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 18 March 2008 | No Comments »
j’s garden
Posted in my gardens, tagged vancouver, garden, west coast, gardening, hyacinth, spring on 12 March 2008 | No Comments »
j’s hyacinths have slowly showing themselves to us over the past few days. both j and i were surprised when they turned out to be pink instead of purple - but they look fun beside the nz flax with its pink stripe.
rising with sun
Posted in my gardens, tagged fatsia japonica, garden, gardening, japanese aralia, spring, vancouver, west coast on 12 March 2008 | No Comments »
i awoke to a sun beam streaming through a misaligned horizontal blind this morning at 8:30. i could hear that justin was already taking his shower and i thought how lucky we were that little j’s classes didn’t start until a civilized 9:30. when i got downstairs i could see that the [...]
this is not fish soup
Posted in my gardens, tagged design, garden, gardening, urban garden, vancouver, winter on 3 March 2008 | No Comments »
what a great weekend - m was in town, the weather was terrific and i even got a few chores in the garden done! all weekend i have been dreaming about making a vietnamese fish soup. today i was going to the boats at grandville island marina to see what was caught this [...]