Bad blogger. BAD.

The trouble with spring is that I'm too busy actually gardening to be tending to this blog! (Okay, I have a lot of extra commitments right now, too.) So I haven't had time to write anything, but I finally found time to at least upload some recent pics.


(Disclaimer #1: Some of the white in the photos (and I have a lot of white flowers) is sort of blindingly white and I don't know how to change that. If anyone reading this has any tips, I'd love to hear them. Disclaimer #2: No matter how carefully I format everything, especially in a photo-heavy entry like this one, it can look perfect when I'm doing it and go all wonky when I publish.)

These are the Frittilaria I thought would never bloom! They may be the most adorable little flower I've ever seen. They're certainly the most adorable flower in my garden, with their little nodding heads of plum fringed with chartreuse.

The front garden, above, early spring (left) and mid (right).

The two photos above were taken this morning.

Some of my tulips – my favourite flower.

Come to the back and I'll show you what's busy coming into bloom there...

On the left is the view from the gate; on the right there are tulips, Lutea, Astrantia, daylilies, Tiarella, bugbane, bleeding heart, and a Texensis Clematis climbing the trellis so fast you can practically stand there and watch it grow.

On the other side of the back yard is the shade garden – almost my favourite part, and doing beautifully. Anyone who says nothing will grow in the shade can come talk to me. I love shade gardening.

That little naked spot between the trellis and the birdbath will have its own Clematis soon, too – I'm waiting for a Guernsey Cream that Dugald at Garden Import (see link on right) is currently hardening off. (Dugald is clearly unfamiliar with my infamous lack of patience!)

The planters are juuuust beginning to fill in a little bit (below), and we finally set up the table we bought last year.

Still have to finish the hardscaping, and Husband is building a lattice privacy screen that I'll stain to match the fence. I'd love to get a couple of huge pots to have by the back gate. That space still needs something (more garden not an option as we have to park in the back in the winter). I see something quite sizeable, maybe glazed ceramic, with foliage spilling over the sides. And on wheels so I can move it! Maybe next year.