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It doesn’t seem like the end of November

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Considering that we’re nearing the end of November, I’d say we’ve been having pretty good weather here in Toronto. I mean, by this time last year we’d already had a small snow or two. Melted quickly of course!

I’m not saying it’s warm here, but the temps have been slightly higher than normal in the last couple of weeks. At this rate I don’t think we’ll have our first real snow until December. Hopefully it’s not a huge storm!

I still have a bit of yard work to do before the snow falls and stays. I’ve got to remove some plant leaves and stems, cut down the huge sunflowers in the front boulevard and just generally tidy up the yard. Oh and I have to bring in the patio sets outdoor cushions. They’re weather proofed, but I still don’t want them out in the extreme cold of winter – surely that can’t be good for them.

Has the weather been decent in your area? If so, do you still have outdoor chores that need to be done?





I hate seeing my garden die down in the Fall

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I used to love Autumn, but now that I garden there’s some sadness whenever fall arrives.

I hate to see my garden die down for the winter. I know it’s part of a cycle, but I sometimes wish that I lived in a climate where my plants could bloom year round.

Hmm maybe this year I’ll be as successful as last with my indoor plants. Last year, between my garden plants blooming from late March until early December and my indoor plants (Orchids, indoor tropical hibiscus, Amaryllis etc) blooming from late December to April I had blooms all the time. It was lovely.

This is a picture of the Cosmo’s blooming outside my house in my planted boulevard. They’re starting to die down, but a few of the flowers are still stubbornly blooming.

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I like how the petals of this rose, Yves Piaget, go wild as the flower begins to die down. Isn’t this a pretty rose? I love it’s color.

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What’s blooming in your garden right now as we head for winter?

Lovely white phlox in the garden

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Well summer’s almost over but you wouldn’t know it if you took a look at my garden.

Most of my plants are still blooming and I expect them to keep blooming and looking fairly nice until late October or even later. Some years I’ve still had roses blooming well into December!

This year my Phlox has been doing well. Often it blooms and then the leaves get covered in powdery mildew and the stalks die down only to regrow slowly hindering further blooms. This year however my Phlox did well and wasn’t affected by powdery mildew very much (my roses on the other hand were!).

Here’s what my Phlox looks like in bloom –

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Isn’t it lovely? The flower heads are on stalks of about three and a half feet tall and there are usually several blooms on each stalk. I planted the Phlox near my Patio so that I can enjoy the flowers while I sit at my patio table. I also like that they are white flowers … you can still see them fairly well at night so they help highlight the garden.

Do you garden? What’s blooming in your garden right now?

Blooms, Blooms Everywhere!

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I just love it when my roses are blooming. It certainly doesn’t hurt if half my other plants are in bloom as well – like now!

Here’s a lovely Antique rose that I grow in my garden. It’s a climbing rose named Prince Napoleon. Isn’t it pretty?

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This rose has the most gorgeous scent as well. It’s true rose scent. I adore it!

This little plant with it’s pretty blue flowers is blooming as well. I can’t remember the name of the plant though … it’s something like Agathum ..

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Cute, aren’t they?

Another rose that I’m always happy to see bloom, which puts out far to few blooms for my liking (I’d love it to bloom constantly!) is my Chicago Peace Hybrid Tea rose …

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I love it’s colors – mainly pink, but as it ages it has yellows and oranges in it that combine in complimentary ways. it’s beautiful. No scent though or not much to speak of!

Do you garden? What’s blooming in your yard this week?

My back is killing me after a day working in the garden

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I hurt my back on Monday and I can still barely move around two days later! Argh!

On Monday my husband and I spent several hours working in our garden. We weeded and I tidied up plants that were flopping over or crowding out other plants and then … we put about 17 bags of cedar mulch on the garden. Just the back garden … we still have to do the flower beds in the front. Groan!

My back, which has a herniated disk and some bone degeneration, was already hurting during the weeding process, but I pushed on and added mulch to the garden. By the time we finished my back was hurting so bad I could barely walk.

I went inside and laid down and after two hours of letting my back have a rest it felt a lot better, but yesterday it was stiff and soar and if anything it’s even worse today. Time to pull out the heating pad.

Right now I’m just lying on the couch, reading and answering emails and blog comments while watching TV. I know you shouldn’t lie down too much when your back is sore, but right now it’s the only thing that helps. I am getting up and stretching every now and then – so hopefully that helps too.

One of the emails I received this morning was from a friend asking me to check out a page about Decaslim reviews. She wants to lose weight and i guess since I’m a nurse she wants my opinion on this product. I guess I’ll be reading it sometime this afternoon since I can’t do much else other than work on my computer while lying down, read or watch TV.

Do any of you have a herniated or “slipped” disk? How do you relieve your pain?

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