Spring Garden Fun in Nova Scotia

 

Spring in the Annapolis Valley.  We have a small back yard, and we love gardening, both veg and flowers!!  Our little garden oasis suits our needs perfectly.  We have garlic coming up just perfectly, and asparagus is peaking up.  This is year 3 for the asparagus, and this means this spring we will be hacking off our little sprouts as they come up.. we may only get to eat 2 or 3 at a time.. but thats ok.. we look forward to different ways to cook them!!

 The Rhubarb is pouring out of the ground in two spots.. We have a GIANT rhubarb I inherited from a neighbour more than 30 years ago, as well as a smaller strawberry rhubarb that is about 10 years old. They produce beautiful stocks of both green and red flavourful rhubarb.. great for muffins and cakes! Gonna try a Rhubarb Curd this year too..  

Hostas, sedum, iris and forget me knots are all peaking up in the shade of the back of the veg garden.  During the summer, they get only about 2 hours of sunlight a day, but that is enough to keep them lush and green all summer long.

For Mothers day, Terry made these beautiful veggie garden tags from copper scraps.  I love them and have now requested a few more, like "Cucumbers" and "asparagus" 

My Copper obelisk stands proudly in the garden where it will host a couple of Thunbergia plants on it. This climbing vine is not super thick on the posts so the shiny copper leaves still are visible, but the flowers hug and compliment this beautiful structure.  

This was a labour of love from my hubby last spring, and it was gorgeous all last summer and fall.  We left it out for the winter and the storms and wind broke most of the copper vines off the frame but Terry got it all up to perfection again, and we have learned a valuable lesson...  winter storage for it this coming winter!!