Paradise in progress

The irises are just starting to come out. Lots of buds this year. This is 'Orinoco Flow' just after the rain.

This picture made me laugh...reminds me of Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

The recent string of nice days has pushed all the maple buds open. 'Emperor 1' 'Katsura' 'Inaba Shidare' 'Aka Ka...

It is amazing how this tree comes back from what looks like a tangled bunch of dead wood. It is pretty cool as it starts to green from the ...

Well, overwintering the bamboo from last fall in a buried pot did not work...so that one is going back and I found a new one. This is Farge...

What a beautiful start to the weekend. Although, it is supposed to storm pretty good tonight. Ben, Olivia and Isaac spent all day out in t...

The good weather the weekend got the garden juices flowing again. We took a trip to Whistling Gardens and picked up a few things. The own...

On the way thru Niagara on the Lake to visit my folks on the weekend, we stopped at a nursery that I have been wanting to get to for a while...

Nina and her sisters took all the kids to one of the local maple syrup demos going on in the area. She said it was REALLY muddy but they al...

Looks like spring may actually be coming...lots of buds showing, and lots of birds in the yard; the red wing blackbirds are back too, forgot...

One of the better garden centres in the area posted their 09 online catalogue today and I found 2 new coneflower (echinacea) that I want to ...

We decided to try some home family portraits today...at least of the kids so far. I think they turned out pretty good. There were more tha...

Well, it's about that time that I get the itch to get out in the yard and do something...I was drooling over some lawn mowers at Home De...

Well, I have been back at planning the backyard again. The recent 'heat wave' (+4º C) has got the creative juices flowing again, no...

Here is my new refinishing project. Just picked it up on local online classifieds for $40.