Eklectic's Blog Archive

My flowers! #20: Late bloomers!! - 51 days ago | 8 comments

This year has not been a very good year for most of my flowers, but I still have some surprises! ...

Just wanted to share.. - 101 days ago | 11 comments

As I am working in my pergola (my studio) at the back of the house, doing my concrete sculpting, ...

My flowers! #19: New and old plants! - 107 days ago | 13 comments

As mentioned by some of you on some of my other blogs, I do have a lots of plants and I thoroughl...

My flowers! #18: A few more interesting plants! - 108 days ago | 5 comments

Starting with an herb which used to be quite hard to find and rather expensive. People with diabe...

My flowers! #17: and more flowers! - 110 days ago | 12 comments

a few interesting flowers! Liatris spicata/ “Floristan Weiss”, Floristan, White, Dense Blazing...

My flowers! #16: Update on the Hymmalayan! - 110 days ago | 12 comments

Hubby is 6 feet tall!! The black dots are bees! And they grow from zone 3 to ???.

My flowers! #15: Some surprises!! :-) - 115 days ago | 10 comments

Balloon flower growing in the “nursery”! Wild morning glories, again in the “...

My flowers! #14: Night Walk! - 118 days ago | 10 comments

Over the last few weeks, as I am taking my last walk of the day with my puppy, I kept wondering a...

My flowers! #13: More lilies and daylilies! - 126 days ago | 7 comments

This one gets better colors every year: And for a new daylilie: And a new lily:

My flowers! #12: The back fence - 130 days ago | 6 comments

I really do enjoy when Tenders, like GranT did on a few occasions, show the whole bed an then sep...

My flowers! #11: Lilies and lilies and daylilies! - 130 days ago | 11 comments

Some of them are so similar but at the same time very different1 and some ...

My flowers! #10: Vignettes of my gardens! - 131 days ago | 8 comments

Lately, when looking at my gardens, all I could see were the WEEDS!!Between the rain and being ot...

My flowers! #9: Yellow Flowers - 141 days ago | 13 comments

Here I am sitting in front of my window, watching the rain pouring down and decided to add my own...

My flowers! #8: Random flowers - 142 days ago | 7 comments

As mentioned in another blog, I was out of town for a while, and this some of what welcomed me ba...

My gardens! #3: Small pond, part 2 - 142 days ago | 7 comments

As a lot of you know, I dug a pond a few months ago, planted some flowers…. and thought it ...

My flowers! #7: More flowers!! - 155 days ago | 6 comments

Meadow Anemone, Round-leaved Anemone, ... These grow wild around here and in a lot of nurseries t...

My flowers! #6: My peonies - 155 days ago | 7 comments

I have about half a dozen peonies plants! This is the first year where they all have buds! But ar...

My flowers! #5: First time blooming! - 160 days ago | 9 comments

These are new plants that I got/started last year at the end of the season!! Honeysuckle vine!...

My flowers! #4: Some of my roses are blooming! - 160 days ago | 8 comments

Since we moved here I have had a heck of a hard time with my rose bushes!In Montreal, they would ...

My flowers! #3: Irises - 160 days ago | 4 comments

Talk about an undemanding plant! At least the ones I have!I have some growing in gravel on the si...

My gardens! #2: Shade Garden - 161 days ago | 8 comments

A fast tour of my shade garden! One of many visitor! And the fi...

My gardens! #1: Herb Garden - 163 days ago | 9 comments

It used to be that I had all my herbs in my herb garden!!But over the last year, I started growin...

My vegetable garden(s) #1: Where I am at! - 168 days ago | 4 comments

Today, the first nice sunny day in quite a while, was the perfect day to plant the tomatoes and p...

My flowers! #2: Late may bloomers - 177 days ago | 18 comments

A few of my flowering plants!I do have wild plants mixt in with the shade plants! Barberry bus...

Brewster the rooster's coop! - 187 days ago | 6 comments

He isn’t here yet! In July, is when he will join us with is lady friends (four of them)!So,...

xeroscaping/recycling in the garden #2: wood walkway - 187 days ago | 4 comments

This pathway started the first year we moved here. It ever so expanding depending on our needs an...

My flowers! #1: First to bloom! - 198 days ago | 6 comments

Vegetable Garden And Chicken Coop - 213 days ago | 9 comments

The burn pile is at the back (North) of the property.The chicken coop is going to be built in...

Big pond! Follow up on Marsh/bog #1: The PLAN!!! - 213 days ago | 7 comments

First I would like to thank everybody for your help on the Marsh/bog as well as on the small pond...

Rose of Sharon - 217 days ago | 9 comments

I need some help!!! I got some seeds in the seed exchange and they are growing nicely.I know n...

Wild Flowers versus Weeds #2: Different One! - 220 days ago | 13 comments

And what about this one: it has taken quite an unusual shape, so is it a weed, a wild plant or a ...

Wild Flowers versus Weeds #1: In my Forest!! - 220 days ago | 3 comments

While walking through the woods around our house, I found some very pretty, sometime unusual flow...

Canada Geese - 225 days ago | 5 comments

Just thought for those of you who do not get to see them, a few pictures! Enjoy!!

Serve it with a flower! #2: DOS and DONT'S - 228 days ago | 2 comments

Picking Edible Flowers: Pick your flowers in the morning when their water content is at its high...

Artifacts in the Gardens - 229 days ago | 9 comments

We talk about using old things, having little hidden treasures so I decided to share some of mine...

Serve it with a flower! #1: Edible flowers - 229 days ago | 4 comments

These are only a few edible flowers you find in your garden! We tend to forget about them but the...

Anybody knows the name of the pink flower? - 266 days ago | 20 comments

We have had this plant for years. My mother has it as well. She never knew the name and neither d...

Wild Turkeys!!! - 282 days ago | 20 comments

They are back!!Yesterday as I took a walk through the woods with the dogs, I saw the tracks:turke...

My week with GT - 284 days ago | 3 comments

I am trying to be organized with the gardening plans this year so I decided to put down what I wa...

Are gardeners crazy? - 290 days ago | 25 comments

After looking at Dahlista’s profile and projects, I looked around at all the projects done...

From our deck: east/south east exposure - 292 days ago | 17 comments

“wheel bed” and in background herb garden Shade Garden elf garden (part of the ...

The morning after..... - 292 days ago | 6 comments

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Groundhog Day!!! - 293 days ago | 11 comments

Wonder if it will find it’s way through all that snow!

South east exposure! - 293 days ago | 5 comments

Might not be garden related...but I am mad!!! - 294 days ago | 17 comments

I have been researching the web and other places for puppies as I would like to start raising 2 ...

Recipe for homemade buns/bread - 294 days ago | 29 comments

1 pg of yeast1 cup sugar1 egg1 cup oil (we prefer Crisco)1 tablespoon salt4 cups water10 (approx)...

xeroscaping/recycling in the garden #1: "Green" gardening!! - 296 days ago | 6 comments

Hi you all, I have been an advocate of xeroscaping and recycling in my garden for quite a few ...