Some seed collecting

Pink Flamingo Clematis seed













Poppy somniferum Red Double













Grandpa Ott Morning Glory

Pictures on Flickr

There are pictures of the fall blooming on Flickr. Use the link.

Home again!

Well we have returned from a 10 day tour to visit family and friends. About 2500 k or so. Some of it we flew and that is extra. Great visiting and for sure great hospitality experienced!
Just thought I would put up a couple of pics as we just did not take a lot of them but some are neat. Davisons Orchards - Good food, pies and lots of apples to shop for.

Looking out over the thumb of Okanagan Lake in the evening from my sister and her husband's lakeside.

Ginsing or seedling? cedars not sure but along the Fraser River

All in all a good trip. Caught a cold though and this is not fun! It will go in time I am sure.

Now have 2 new sources of Nanking Cherries and also of Evans Cherry to plant for spring germination. I have collected many seeds of Red somniferum poppies. Also have seed of single red with a dark cross centre as well as a very deep purple. Leave a comment here if you would like a small envelope of seed. Seed is considered mixed this year as I did not get them sorted. Reds are double for the most part and the seed will be unmixed.

I also bought some annual seeds at 6 packs for a dollar so even if I get a few plants per pack it is a good deal.

Will try to post some pics of the new flowers here as the rains have made things grow and bloom even some that seemed on the way out!

We gathered in the tomatoes, cucs, and marrows (for marmalade) so will start clean up as soon as it warms up a little.

So many weeds growing now and I want to clean up before fall sets in to stay!

Summer stuff

Well just a few pics to show where things are at.

This is a clematis seedling from England which I thought I had killed with poor watering ie none!





A traveler hitching a ride.








A late Blue honeysuckle cutting.








Three clematis seedlings, centre is a viticella from England and other two are from Harlow Carr and ASAO.







Three Norkent apples out of 8 or so we got!

We have had such a good garden this year with fresh corn, peas, beans, cucumbers, carrots, ground cherries, tomatoes, lettuce and radishes. And more to come. Also picked wild plum for jam last week.

Dug most of the potatoes today. Still a nice melon to harvest, English Marrow for jam and some other squash types to eat. Hoping for no frost for next 2 weeks and all this will work.