Beautiful Summer Day

The garden has filled in at an incredible pace over the last month; it's hard to tell one part of it from another these days.

The new begonia bed underneath the curly hazel. 

Brilliant yellow begonias

Not to be outdone, the red ones are pretty nice too. 

Gladiolas are in the peak of bloom right now.

Lots of pastel pinks and oranges in the garden right now.

The beans have produced masses of flowers and in a couple of weeks we are going to be inundated.

The dwarf gala has a good harvest shaping up.

Black mustard will add a kick to the salad greens. 

The second crop of beans is underway

As is the first crop of tomatoes

Cooking apples getting ready for crumbles

Zinnias have completely filled in their garden bed.

Red crocosmia

Bears breeches in flower

Fuscia is a favourite of the hummingbirds

Volunteer artichoke just showed up out of nowhere

Honeybees are enjoying the artichoke flowers, fortunately there seem to be lots of bees around this year. 

Late Spring 2016

The castle is peaceful on this lazy day.

Garden preparations are well underway.
There is more planting to be done today.

The newly planted shade bed looks much better than the tangled mess that it was last year.

These roses have a perfume like cinnamon.

Gladiolas and lettuces make good companions.

Peas will be ready for harvest by mid June this year.

Foxgloves popped up in unexpected places again.

Tree frogs continue to bless us with their presence.

HK has the deck pretty much ready for summer.

The hot tub is calling to me again.....

Summery view of the mountains.

My assignment just keeps waiting.....

A few odds and ends

When I was gone, the boys had beers and pizza on the deck.

Quand j'ai été absent, les garçons avaient des bières et des pizzas sur le pont. 

Flowers in full bloom!

Les fleurs en pleine floraison !

Before I went to Ottawa, we had the lower terrace flattened by an excavator.

Avant que je suis sorti a Ottawa, nous avons eu le terrasse inférieure aplatie par un excavatrice.

After the flattening, these bizarre plants came up.

Apres l'aplatie les plantes bizarre ont été produit.

It has been a seriously bad summer for wasps.

Il a été une été sérieusement mauvais aux guêpes.

Look at the little wasp faces in the nest…kind of fascinating.

Regardez les visages des petites guêpes dans le nid….sorte de fascinant. 

AO came home !

AO est rentree !

Hey…no one chopped my wood assignment while I was away.

Eh…personne n'a pas hachée mon affectation a bois quand j'étais absent.

Early August garden developments

Artichokes love the heat.

Les artichauts aiment le chaleur.

The apple trees have produced lots of fruit, only time will tell if we'll have enough water to keep them on the trees.

Les pommiers ont produit beaucoup de fruits, seulement le temps dira si nous aura assez d'eau pour les garder sur les arbres. 

Asters have bloomed early in the heat.

Les asters ont fleuri au début dans la chaleur.

The bumble bees and butterflies love Heliotrope.

Les bourdons et les papillons aiment Heliotrope.

Masses of sweet peas.

Beaucoup des pois de senteur. 

A few snapdragons for fun!

Quelques mufliers pour le plaisir! 

The stargazers were finished by the time I got home.

Les stargazers était finit quand je suis venue a la maison.

August renos continue while I was away

The new doors for the entry arrived yesterday.
The wood is still unfinished and glass still needs to be installed.

Les portes nouvelles pour l'entrée sont arrivées hier.
Maintenant le bois n'est pas fini et le verre devra etre installé.  

Henrik has started to put the black tiles in place in the entry.

Henrik a commencé à mettre les tuiles noires en place dans l'entrée.

The new dishwasher came out of its box while I was away. 

Le nouveau lave-vaisselle est sorti de sa boîte quand étais absent.

Henrik installed it too!

Henrik l'a installé aussi!