Thursday, September 17, 2015

Round and Round the Garden ...

Well here in southern Ontario we were tricked a couple of weeks ago into thinking summer was taking a quick exit. But then, as soon as we took our pool down before it got too cold which makes it difficult to dry out completely, the hot blast of summer was upon us yet again! I'm not complaining, I enjoy the warmth while it's here, but I've been spending lots of time outdoors and not getting onto the computer too much. The past two weeks have been up in the high 20C and low 30C, and last week was brutally humid on top of that (I am complaining a bit about the humidity!!). I thought we had turned off the air-conditioning for god, but last night I walked into the house after running some errands and it was hot and still, so I flicked it back on for a comfortable night's sleep. I'd love to sleep with my windows open, but since we're in a bungalow, I feel safer with them closed at night.

The garden flowers are dwindling now, not a whole lot blooming in the front garden at all. But in the back gardens, there's still some colour surrounding the patio, which I quite like. This garden is getting a little crowded, so I think next year I'll have to thin out a few things.


The creeping thyme really did well in the small tin planter. Still considering planting this somewhere in my front lawn to take over the grass. I didn't see it flower, but the tag said it should ... maybe in the spring? It looks really cute with the rudbeckia bending over it.


I have a lot more plants in pots this summer, and they've all done well. It's going to be rather crowded in my kitchen with plants over the winter!



Cheerful, sunny rudbeckia!


This just reminds of something from Whoville.


Pond garden a little like a jungle now too. The columbine look great even though they suffered a bit from the heat. I trimmed them back and now they're taking over this space ... as is the grass!


My son restocked this pond with shebunkins earlier in the summer, but every fish except for one died within a couple of weeks. It was very frustrating, but the store we were buying them from said the same thing was happening to their fish. We ended up with just one lonely fish. Then a week ago I noticed there were two tiny little babies in there! So exciting. One of the fish that died must have had babies before she died, and these two little guppies survived. They've already grown quite a bit, but impossible to catch on the camera ... here's the adult fish through the netting.


Weigelia still blooming ... and so is my lavender in the front garden.


I think this could be my last miniature rose of summer.



So, yeah, if summer wants to hang on a little longer ... I'm happy with that for now ;)






Thanks for stopping by today!

Wendy







21 comments:

  1. I much prefer a wild, overgrown garden to a perfectly manicured one. I could never bring plants in from the outside. Besides the fact that we have no space, we also have plants outside that could only survive outside. This desert weather doesn't make it easy to grow everything. I'm happy with anything that can survive. Have a good day.

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  2. Very nice garden .. here now we have rain and rain again and again and I'm happy with it because this summer was really toooo hot !!!! and Mother Nature suffered a lot, too much !! Now we fel that autumn is coming slowly with its gorgeous colors .... Have a lovely day !

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  3. I love your garden, such an abundance of lovely plants x

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  4. A very enjoyable look over your garden, with pretty plants and a pond. Your succulent pot looks spectacular, and I love the little yellow rose. What a dear little fish, too :)

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  5. Lovely photos Wendy. I'd struggle with the humidity too. The sun has come out here in the southern bit of the UK today but we've had rain and cool temperatures all week otherwise. Autumn has definitely arrived :o)

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  6. Hello, it is exciting that the fish had babies. I am glad you have some fish left. Your flowers and gardens are lovely. We are having cool morning and warmer days and best of the humditity is gone. Happy Friday, have a great weekend!

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  7. I love the overgrown look...it's more natural looking to me. Don't worry, your thyme will flower,we replaced the lawn in our last house with creping thyme...it looked fabulous!
    Jane x

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  8. Your garden is really beautiful and you have so much variety. I especially love your rudbeckia, it looks very lush and healthy. It sounds like it's been hot there! The good news is that you should have a mild winter, if the outlooks are to be believed. I saw that the northern US should be warm so I imagine you'll be warmish there too. I hope you have a good weekend, Wendy.

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  9. Your garden is so pretty! I close up my downstairs windows at night and lock them; warm summer nights and open windows are an invitation to the kind of person one never wants in one's home! Thankfully, my bedroom is in the third story so I do leave those windows open. I'm glad your fish isn't lonely anymore. Have a great weekend...

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  10. Your garden looks beautiful! Never mind overgrown, it is all stuffed with flowers and beauty! I love the little watering can full of flowers too! So pretty. I hope that it is now just pleasantly warm for you and not too too hot still, or too cold! xx

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  11. Hi Wendy my garden is overgrown too but I have given up caring, I will try and get some of it under control this weekend weather permitting. Your garden is lovely so many pretty things still blooming, I hope your son's guppies survive, have a great weekend. :) xx

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  12. Your flowers are beautiful flowers, Wendy! The "Whoville" flowers made me smile.

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  13. Your garden is beautiful. We had to bring our Hen and Chicks inside, too much rain was about to do it in.

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  14. You have some lovely flowers in your garden and it looks beautiful. How wonderful to find the two little fish in your pond:)

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  15. Wendy,
    Your garden is always such a delight to me, I love the natural flow of the plants and blooms.
    I always enjoy your view of life and the way you write your observations so eloquently and interesting too!
    Happy Saturday,
    xo
    Jemma

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  16. Such a pretty garden with lots of variety, Wendy. It would please me to have my kitchen full of pretty petals all winter long; lucky you!

    Poppy

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  17. Your garden is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the photos.

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  18. Gorgeous flowers! I love the succulent.

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  19. I do like an autumn garden. It is like the end of the party, when only the good guests are still there. Yours is looking lovely.
    Amalia
    xo

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