June Garden Beauty ~ Last year

    Hello everyone, 

We had a beautiful sunny warm day

here today and the garden is realyy

jumping ahead.

As I was looking at my photos

of the garden from last year I

realized that I hadn't posted

thes photos of our garden

from last year of our

June garden.

June is my favorite time in the garden

as everything is so lush and green.

It is also when the peonies and

lilacs bloom....two of my favorites.

Peonies,hostas, geraniums,

lupins and lilacs.

I love peonies in all colors.

William Baffin is a hardy climber

for our winters.

Sarah Bernhardt peony

We have over 100 peonies spread

out over our garden mixed in

with other perennials.

I love peonies,roses and

lilacs all together.

more peonies

We have spent several hours a day

in the garden this past couple

of weeks and still have several

beds to clean up but we have

our eye on the big picture

and can see the beauty to

come. When the beds fill in

there will be less work to do

and lots of beauty to enjoy.

To Debbie R who asked for a tip

on starting a garden, it all starts

with good soil. We have enriched

our soil with mushroom compost

several times over the years.

Next tip would be the right plant

in the right place, so make sure

you read your tags ....sun

or shade, dry or wetter conditions

etc.  

Have you all watched the show GardenAnswer

....there is lots of knowledge to be had

from watching it. I watch it on youtube.

I also watch English garden shows

whenever possible as I am a big

fan of their style. I love to get

inspired by beautiful gardens.

As we clean up each bed I

often end up dividing and

moving things around

hoping to make little

improvements as we go.

So far,it has been an earlier spring

then usual and rain is predicted

for a couple of days so things

will really take off!

Thank you for your visit!

Carolyn

Hello everyone,

We have been busy working in our garden

and I am happy to have some early

blooms in the garden. Today, I picked

my first bouquet, daffodils and hyacinth.

Anyway, today I wanted to tell you about

a beautiful new book available to order.

I have been following Erin Benzakein on Instagram

for months now and am amazed at all the

beauty she creates at Floret Farms.

This book is all about all about dahlias....

a guide to growing and arranging their

magnificent blooms.

Inside the book you will find all the info you

need to grow beautiful dahlias along with 

beautiful images of  so many varieties.

I love that there is a variety finder at the back

that showcases all the dahlias by color

with the variety name and a little

description of them.

                                                                

  

 I love the beautiful photography all

through the book. 

  

Enjoying my tea break with

a good book.

I was delighted when I was given a copy to

share with you as I know that, you too will

enjoy the beauty and info in this

beautiful book.

Floret Farm's

Discovering Dahlias is

available at Amazon as 

well many bookstores etc.

Check out more beautiful

photos on Erin's Instagram

at Erin Benzakein- Floret

to be convinced that

you will truly enjoy this

lovely and informative book.

I think I need to go out and buy

some dahlias now! I remember

my Dad planted mainly yellow

ones, back in the day when he

enjoyed gardening.

There are so many more beautiful

varieties as this book will

show you, than when my Dad

was a gardener.

In my next post I am sharing

some June photos of our garden

that I took last year but didn't get

around to posting them. Summers

go by so quickly!

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

A Tale of Two Cottages Part Two

  

      Hello everyone,

             I hope you  had a lovely weekend.

              Today, I am sharing Eventide Cottage the 

          little cottage next door to ours that my

             daughter and family bought the year after 

we bought ours.

          It had been empty for several years and 

it needed a lot of work to make it

    the charming little cottage it is now.

You can relax on the new deck

and enjoy the beautiful

view that is always changing

as the tide comes in and out.

Lots of white paint was

used here as well.

A new deck and several new window as 

well as the garden doors were added.

So nice to see it opened up.

Sailboats going by on beautiful

summer days.

                                            Low tide at our cottages......across the

                                            Strait you can see St. Peter's Island in

                                            the distance.

My husband and I enjoy long walks on the

beach at low tide . I love finding sea glass

to add to my collection.

                                    

You can admire the view from inside too.

A small bathroom with a washer and

an outdoor clothesline for drying your

laundry in the fresh sea air.

The small bedroom has a sliding

barn door and two big windows.

This little corner outside the

kitchen has a breakfast bar

now.

                                                                   

The antique cupboard was a new

addition here last year.

Another new addition is an outdoor shower

for those sandy beach toes or to 

enjoy the stars while showering

on warm summer nights.

The main bedroom....there is another

small bedroom with bunkbeds as well.

Apple blossom time is so pretty

They put new cupboards in the kitchen

and painted them white.

On the other side of the kitchen is the

full size frig and stove with a pantry

cupboard.

Lots of improvements as you can see

As a gardener I love that there are lots of

trees and flowers to enjoy as well.

Eventide will be available for rent for part

of the season this summer......hoping the

covid situation is under control and any

of you that are interested can come

to visit Prince Edward Island this year.

There are more details on my right sidebar

if any of you are interested as well as my

email address.

Thank you for your lovely comments

on Part one of A Tale of Two Cottages.

Maybe I will see you here this summer!

Take care,

Carolyn

Spring Tea

Happy weekend!

With the arrival of spring here,

we have spent several happy hours

in the garden.

We had some lovely sunny warm days

last week so we took full advantage

of it to clean up the garden .Today,

however it is cool and even a few snow

flurries. So it is a good day to catch up

here on my blog. I know I promised to

do the second part on A Tale of Two

Cottages but other things got in the way

so that will come next 

This time of year I enjoy having

my tea breaks in the sunroom.

It is nice to use pretty china.

Spring tulips and pretty china

lift the spirits!

A chocolate cupcake for a treat.

Just a quick pop in for today, but

I am getting  my next post ready

now too.....the benefit of

a rainy/ snowy day!

Next week there are warmer days

coming so it will back to the garden

for us. It is so nice to have the garden

centres opening up again and to see all

the birds busy in the garden building

their nests and of course the return of

the garden as so many perennials are

popping up and a few  spring bulbs are

starting to bloom!

I hope you have a great weekend,

Carolyn