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Gardening
Here is another subsection of BCU-Earth, intended to specifically discuss my yard, gardens, and elements of gardening which I have found useful and interesting. I am by no means a real gardener, I barely rank as an amateur, but I have learned a few things, and plan on learning a lot more as time goes on. You are welcome to follow me down a road filled with mistakes, blunders, and occassional fits of fanciful inspiration.The pictures below are a kind of half-assed attempt at panaramic views of my back yard. I'll be shooting a series of these every once in a while to get a perspective on the changes in the yard throughout the year.
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The house is located in Cayuga, Ontario (just south of Hamilton) putting us smack on the line between USDA Zone 5a/5b (in other words - the middle of Zone 5). Like much of North America this year, we have been having a bit of a wet spring. I don't doubt that it will end soon and I'll be complaining about how dry it is. Just never satisified, I guess :-)
Anyhow, feel free to wander through my beds and see what's happening. I try to update it every couple of weeks as the new plants emerge or bloom. I hope you are able to find something of interest.
Enjoy,
Brett