nitrogen…

06 Thursday Aug 2026

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great excitement the other day when I checked the giant tomato plants in the side garden…

I’d read that beans provide nitrogen, which tomatoes like so I planted them between the 3 tomatoes… then I also read that coffee grounds are good for tomatoes, so I dumped the weekly coffee grounds in there as well…

I think the tomatoes loved all of that, because they have grown huge… but, not a single flower was seen…

and then, I discovered numerous flowers on each of the plants… and even two marble sized tomatoes…

very happy, although there are very few beans coming along, lol…

rosebud…

03 Monday Aug 2026

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I’ve been watching this little rose for a number of days… it was very close to opening…

when I went out this morning, the rosebud was no longer on the plant… but bits of it were on the table…

I’m guessing that a squirrel bit it off, and then didn’t even eat it🥺…

but it reminded me that I enjoy nature in the garden, lol…

gobbling…

31 Friday Jul 2026

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for the longest time the deer were stopping by around 11 or 11:30 pm…

right now the feeders are empty because they have been gobbling up everything when they stop by…

for the last little while, they’ve been coming around 5:30 or 6:00 am… and the door camera has been capturing their visits…

apparently they continue to look to see if there are any seeds available for them…

unbearable…

30 Thursday Jul 2026

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up early on Wednesday to tidy the garden and water everything… even gave the new grass a dribble…

started with the hose and gave big drinks to all three pots in the front yard, and those in the garden…

then, while the irrigation system and drip hose did their thing, I filled a bucket with overly eager virginia creeper and did some deadheading…

finally, the cushions came out and I was able to sit, read, and enjoy the garden before it became unbearable outside…

envisioned…

29 Wednesday Jul 2026

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I planted these morning glory seeds that my daughter sent to me from Ottawa as part of my Advent Calendar…

I didn’t read anything about them and envisioned they would grow up this obelisk…

apparently, they are dwarf morning glories…

and that means they don’t climb, lol…

topped…

28 Tuesday Jul 2026

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the new arch has already produced enough purple beans for a meal;-)…

this makes me very happy as the tomatoes and beans in the side garden are doing nothing 😔…

I topped and tailed them, and then cut them into bite-sized pieces…

as they boiled, of course the colour dissipated, and they turned into green beans…

but, they were delicious and I enjoyed every last one…

chrysalises…

26 Sunday Jul 2026

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went out to get a couple of pop-up laundry hampers for the monarch caterpillars…

hope they protect them from the birds…

so far I’ve spotted three, which is about the correct number for the amount of leaves on the milkweed plants;-)…

and I’m hoping that they might end up building their chrysalises in them as well…

interested…

22 Wednesday Jul 2026

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a number of monarchs (or the same one numerous times) have visited the garden and stopped to snack at the ageratum…

unfortunately, none appeared interested in the milkweed…

I’ve been checking it for the last week, but have not seen any eggs…

yesterday, when I was inspecting the plants which had a number of holes in them, I spotted two tiny caterpillars;-)… only got one in focus, lol…

today, they have already grown a lot…

so excited to see them;-)…

wondering if I need to put the hamper net, which is currently covering the strawberries, over this plant, so the birds don’t get them 🤔…

convinced…

17 Friday Jul 2026

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while my housemate is away, it has been my job to feed Tatsu, the bearded dragon, her vegetables…

only once has she come right up to the glass, as clearly the veggies had not arrived soon enough…

took a while for her to move off to the side so I could open the glass door and put her dish in… yikes… since then I have been putting them in around 9 am when she is still sleepy…

a friend of his has come every two days to feed her the bugs, because I could not be convinced to do that job🤪…

what one does for their grandchildren…