June garden

I spent hours and hours this past month enjoying the garden. Planting (some jack-in-the-pulpits and bergamot; monkshood and dogwood on the ravine slope ). Potting (herbs, and roses, and petunias). Transplanting. 

One of my favourite places to sit is in the corner of the yard, where the branches of a tree have arched to create a shady green room. The perfect place for a tall glass of chilled water on a hot day.

I find much of the work in the back garden is simply creating some space between the notes, otherwise known as weeding. Some weeds are serendipity, like the buttercups that found their way through the stone. Other weeds are perennials I purposefully planted that have overgrown or blown into new territory.

Griskit enjoying the light

the iris quadrupled 

The peonies were all too brief this year - less than a week of bloom.

Rodgersia in bloom

green room

cool nights by the fire