mudpie's Blog

Enjoying the fruits of our labour

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:08:00 GMT

Can you believe it? Two weeks ago it was cold and snowy here. This evening, C and I enjoyed asparagus fresh out of our garden!

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Spring bulbs

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:21:00 GMT

As promised, here are some photos of my spring bulbs. I'm a little disappointed in them this year. I dug them up and divided them last fall, so they're not as e...

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Little by little

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:36:00 GMT

Finally!! We've had a couple of nice, sunny, mild days and I've been able to work on my flower beds. I cut a lot of stuff back and dug out a pile of dandelions....

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More snow

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:26:00 GMT

It's snowed here off and on for the past two days. The ground is so wet, it doesn't last, but I'm really looking forward to some warm weather. I shouldn't complain, though, because in cottage...

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Strange, strange weather

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:45:00 GMT

As predicted, the ice didn't last long after the storm. In fact, I can't even see any more snow. Yesterday was fairly mild, so I was able to spend some time cleaning up the flower beds around...

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Ice storm

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:33:00 GMT

Never in my seventy-two years on this earth have I witnessed an ice storm like the one that arrived (literally) on our doorstep Thursday night. We awoke to find everything in sight coated with...

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Darned spammers

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:12:00 GMT

It looks like we're in for another batch of ads from unscrupulous spammers. Truthfully, I don't know what they hope to accomplish. I wouldn't purchase any of their products because of their t...

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Yahoo!!

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:38:00 GMT

There's a darling little clump of snowdrops blooming in my front bed. Some nasty moles or voles made a mess of my lawn under the snow, but I'm hoping my kitty will take care of them in short o...

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Nasty April Fools Joke

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:41:00 GMT

Mother Nature has been incredibly unkind over the past couple of days. We have about 1 1/2" of the white stuff back, and this morning was the coldest morning for this date in fifty years. I can take...

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Seedlings

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:36:00 GMT

Well, most of my seeds germinated. I had to replant two tomatoes and two peppers. Most of the tomato seedlings have been potted up and are happily ensconsed in my mini greenhouse inside my pa...

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An Irish blessing for St. Patrick's Day

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:17:00 GMT

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Starting seeds

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:59:00 GMT

Although we've got a lot of snow to get rid of before we can even see our garden, I'm itching to make things grow. Started two varieties of hot peppers - chili and jalapeno - and three of tomatoes - ...

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C'mon spring!!

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:16:00 GMT

I'm getting tired of snow. It's snowed almost every day since my last entry. The banks along the roads are about three feet high, with the piles adjacent to driveways at least five feet deep....

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Hunkering down for a wild winter storm

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:49:00 GMT

Weather forecasters predict Toronto will get 15 - 25 cm (6 - 10 inches) of snow over night, together with strong winds. We live very close to the highest point in Ontario (about 80 km or 50 mi...

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From one extreme to the other

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:27:00 GMT

A couple of weeks ago, we had record low temperatures. Then came the January thaw on Wednesday, with record high temps. It poured down rain and we lost the few inches of snow that we had. Thursday ...

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