Roche Fleurie Garden

Looking at photos of the garden, you might have noticed cement balls placed in strategic spots. These are chiefly ornamental, although they...

Iris pumila "Cherry garden" is a dwarf bearded iris. I thought I would write a plant portrait of "Cherry Garden" beca...

The previous post on slugs brought back to mind the smooth green snake, because slugs are part of its diet! I have mentioned that snake...

Slugs! Through my gardening years, I have had to deal with only two kinds of slugs, both a few centimeters long (I call them the whites...

The news are full of comments about how bad the weather has been in the northern hemisphere, particularly in the American Mid West and i...

I mentioned in a previous post that the summer had started rainy. Well, it still is rainy. A few drops are falling as I am writing this, an...

We have always had raised beds in the southern half of the garden, but not in the other half. The soil is very thin here in the Bruce, and...

The last four or five weeks have been rather wet in our part of the world, and hot days have not been numerous (hot days for us are above...

I have some questions about two spring bulbs that some of you might be able to help me with. The first one has to do the small daffodil, ...

The majority of gardening jobs have to be done in spring and one that takes a lot of time here is moving plants. Finding the right spot...