These are photographs I took of my garden the
summer of 2001. They were taken using a conventional camera
and were then processed digitally by Blacks. I have cropped
them, made thumbnails and optimized them all using Adobe Image
Ready .My garden consists of 5 distinct areas on my 10 acer
property. The circle garden, the vegetable garden the herb
garden the birch tree garden and the entryway garden which features a small pond. I live in Canadian Zone
5b.
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At left the Blue Martin house (just put up that weekend)is
seen through the Pyrethrum daisy's in my herb garden. The
daisies looked great for about a month in the spring and early
summer but then they died back looking pretty grim by August.
So I think I will interplant them with late lilies to get
a longer show next year.
Above another view of the daisy bed. Notice that the bed is
bordered by anaise-hysop, much cheaper and faster growing than
box, and makes a nice low hedge if kept trimmed.
Pillar and climbing roses perform best when kept of the ground
and pruned so that the light and air can get at the lower foliage.
These tutors that I built out of copper tubing and wire(left)
looked beautiful and did the job admirably. The rose on the
right without benefit of a tutor was attacked by black spot
later in the summer.
The northeast side of the circle garden is shaded from afternoon
on by large pine trees, they make the light in this photo dramatic.
This is the circle garden seen from the south on the left
and the north on the right. The clematis at the edge of the
path need copper arbors don't you think?
The coral bells that under plant the roses in the center of
the circle garden were started from seed three years ago now
and they put on a real show this year. From June right throughout
to August!
Delphiniums, pacific giants,
from seed three years old.
Spectacular!
My mother sitting in my daughters "blue"
garden. Yeah yeah I know there are red and purple flowers here
too, well Alya liked them what can I say?
I made this twig arbor out of pine branches that
were cut from the pine trees when we trimmed them up to get
the mower under them. It looks rickety but is surprisingly strong.
I planted a climbing rose on either side, I can't wait till
they fill in.
