SNOW!
What else?
Plants in bloom!
Who'd have thunk it.
I got snap-happy on my recent trip to Montreal's Biodome and Royal Botanical Gardens (featuring a fantastic butterfly exhibit). I've narrowed down the photos to only the really interesting ones, or at least I tried to.
First, the Biodome. The main feature there is really seeing the animals, and I did get a bunch of animal shots, but I ended up getting distracted and preoccupied with all of the cool plant life around.
( Lots more pictures. )
Next, the butterfly exhibit at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Again, lots of butterflies around, but lookit all the pretty flowers!!!
It was a great trip and seeing all of the greenery really helped with the dragging winter blahs. Plus, seeing the ridiculous amount of snow in Montreal made Toronto's winter seem not so bad. We really are a bunch of crybabies and Montrealers have every right to laugh at us -- even before the playoffs start.
- Mood:
rejuvenated
Time for a picture-intensive update on my wee plantlings.
My windowsill nursery, and some houseplants.
My pea seedlings are doing pretty well. I've re-potted them and have started to harden them off. They spent 4 hours outside today and I'm increasing at about an hour a day. I don't know if that's right but they don't seem to mind it.
Last weekend was Seedy Saturday. I'd never been to this event before and wasn't sure what to expect, but Mom and I had a great time and picked up a load of goodies. There were lots of organic seeds, native plant seeds, heirloom seeds, herbs and veggies galore as well as some fruit and flower seeds. There were also plenty of activists groups and lots of petitions to sign, so a great way to spend a couple of hours. Plus, I got to meet Gayla Trail! squeeeee!!
After SS, Mom and I headed to the complete opposite end of the gardening spectrum: the Canada Blooms show. This corporately-sponsored garden-fest was also good fun, and there were some good finds to be found.
So it was a very successful day. Here's what I picked up:
My 'Little Wonder' pea twins
Last weekend was Seedy Saturday. I'd never been to this event before and wasn't sure what to expect, but Mom and I had a great time and picked up a load of goodies. There were lots of organic seeds, native plant seeds, heirloom seeds, herbs and veggies galore as well as some fruit and flower seeds. There were also plenty of activists groups and lots of petitions to sign, so a great way to spend a couple of hours. Plus, I got to meet Gayla Trail! squeeeee!!
After SS, Mom and I headed to the complete opposite end of the gardening spectrum: the Canada Blooms show. This corporately-sponsored garden-fest was also good fun, and there were some good finds to be found.
So it was a very successful day. Here's what I picked up:
- Jasmine Scented Nicotiana (nicotiana alata)
- Triangle Flashback Calendula (calendula officinalis)
- Butterfly Weed (asclepias tuberosa)
- Cupid's Dart (catanache caerulea)
- Blackjack Pansies
- a block of coir
- 3 seed catalogues
- a ton of flyers and pamphlets
- a couple of free fashion magazines for me to tear up
- Mood:
hopeful
Beginner's luck? More likely I'm not keeping the seeds warm enough, so my cold-loving seeds are in heaven while the rest sit there and look at me funny. It seems even the top of the fridge doesn't stay warm in this drafty apartment. Oh well, baby plants make me happy. And that's a very good considering that we're in the middle of a massive snowstorm. Our 3rd or 4th blizzard this season. There is a whoooole lot of snow. Yup. It's still winter!
- Mood:
snowstormed!
Okay maybe it's still a bit early... maybe it was -9C at some point today... maybe there's still snow all over the place and the balcony is coated in a layer of ice... but I figured I'd give some seeds a shot. There are plenty more where they came from, and it seemed a shame to have a big bag of seed mix just sitting there...
I had the bad luck of being bitten by the gardening bug right in the middle of winter. Since then I've resorted to coddling my houseplants. I may have coddled at least a couple of them to death. Even my spunky Jade is starting to look sickly, so I treated it to some proper cactus mix.
Hopefully spring will wander in soon and perk everything up. I've always appreciated winter and its beautiful snowscapes, clear quiet nights, fireplaces and hot chocolates, not to mention the holidays and all of that heart-warming manic binge-festing. Ah bliss. But being cold gets tiresome. Never seeing daylight gets tiresome. Walking on thick jagged sheets of ice where there used to be sidewalk just isn't as fun as it sounds. I think some spring is definitely in order.
- Mood:
accomplished
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