"Get a jump on spring" held at the Toronto Botanical Gardens is now behind us. While there we were thrilled to get to meet Beryl Harris in person. Not only is she a Master Gardener and a prolific writer on garden subjects, but the daylily named after her is one of Betty's favourites. The picture to the left shows them chatting, with Gold Strike in the foreground.
In addition to our normal tasks at this time of year, we are going to be manning a booth at the Stratford Garden Festival this Friday thru Sunday. We pushed all our furniture back and are setting it up full-scale in the middle of our house. Hopefully, this will minimize any surprises when we do it for real in Stratford.
Betty is also in the throes of putting together a Power Point presentation for her talk at Canada Blooms. It is a big job and since it has become one of the foremost horticultural shows in Canada, she will be along side some incredible gardening gurus, so second best definitely will NOT do.
I just looked out the window, and there are a couple of young deer having breakfast on our cedar row. First time I have seen them up by the house this winter. I guess with the heavy snow cover we now have, the buffet table is starting to get sparse.
This is a photo of our heifers wandering around nonchalantly in a snowstorm. Conestogo lake is visible in the background. Our house is out of sight to the right.
By the way, just make sure when ordering that you check the sold outs and additions to the right side of this blog. This is the most current information. Sometimes it takes us a few days to get the inventory on the website updated.
1 comment:
Hi Betty and Marv. I'm enjoying your blog very much. A few weeks ago, we came up to check our cottage on the road in front of you. As we parked the truck just opposite your driveway, we spotted FIVE deer (four does I think, and one young one) all standing on the road ahead of us, just ready to hop the fence into your field. It was just beginning to get dark and I guess they were heading for a late afternoon feed at your place. They stood there for a minute or so, and then headed back into the woods.
What an amazing sight that was for us, seeing them at such close range and such a large number to boot.
Hope you're having a good winter and that springtime (ie. gardens) are not too far off.
Jane and Dave
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