Gardens, Home, Recipes, & Stories
My five favourite colours combined are teal/turquoise (aka bluey green), red, orange, purple, and pink. They are happy, vibrant, and create a cozy homey boho feel when combined. These five colours are repeated all throughout my home and deck in varying shades. I want to carry a repeat of these colours throughout my garden too… Continue reading Building Our Bright Colourful Garden
I have never really tried making bouquets, I was always more of the plunk it all in a vase type of gal, and called it good enough. That is, until I discovered flower farmers on YouTube! Floret, Garden Answer, and Cranery’s whimsical bouquets really inspired a creativity in me I didn’t know existed… Important Note:… Continue reading Whimsical Bouquets from My Garden
Last year when Mr. B was laying out a new gravel path up to our house on the hill, we decided to remove all the grass in the Plum Garden, create more garden beds, and add a circular gravel path. My favourite fruit is nectarines, so we invested in a hardy dwarf nectarine tree sapling… Continue reading Overhauling the Plum Garden Layout
Mr B was spotted moving in the new Fairy House. Loving their diamond window, moss roof, and red door! Today a new neighbour moved into the Fairy Slope community, with the help of Mr. B., (aka “Fairy house builder” and “Fairy moving company”). Mr. B trying out the hammock on the lush new clover lawn.… Continue reading A Fairy House & A Hammock
One of the things I've been learning lately on youtube garden university is when to prune different perennial plants & shrubs. Apparently (according to Floret Farm on Youtube) the best time to cut lilacs for a bouquet is when the blooms are about 50% open, and the best time to prune a lilac is when… Continue reading Pruning & Bouquets
For as long as I can remember, I've always hated yellow flowers. The one request I had when my wedding bouquet of Gerbera Daisies was being made was NO yellow! Ironically the day of our wedding the backdrop to our photos was a sea of yellow flowers, but I didn't mind in the end, as… Continue reading Homage to Buttercups
A few years ago we started investing more time into growing a variety of plants for our pollinator garden, and a selection of trees we love. I keep a gardening journal in a spreadsheet here. In Spring of 2025 I started experimenting with seed starting in my little window ledge hydroponic growers (LetPot & Aerogarden)… Continue reading Plum Hill Garden on Youtube
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