Lovegrass Farm & The Enchanted Garden

I took a trip back to Lovegrass Farm today to pick up the ornamental grass I was waiting for and took my camera along. As I mentioned before, Lovegrass Farm is a couple of acres of planted garden located in Dunstaffnage, PEI. It's about 20 km from our place and takes all of 20 minutes to get there. The concept is similar to a "u-pick berry farm" in BC. You select the plant you want and the owner digs it up for you. The benefit is that you receive a plant with a well-developed root structure and it is already hardened off to the elements so you can plant it directly into your own garden. I also brought along a neighbour who was interested in some raspberry plants. She had seen the plants we purchased the last time we were out there which are all filling in quite nicely in Rookie's garden and was interested in coming to take a look. It was frigidly cold out there with a rather biting wind so the visit was as short as it took the owner to dig up the lovelies we bought. (I also had to pick up the SF a couple more raspberry bushes.) Actually, the owner's husband was there so she had him dig up the raspberry bushes while the three of us chatted and shopped. I was teasing her that her husband purposefully took his time digging them up because the longer he took, the more we found to buy. I also told her that the SF and I found our own "secret stash" of eel grass. She later sent me an email saying her and her husband got quite a chuckle out of that and her husband said, "That's good, as long as it's not ours." I can't say enough about what a wonderful spot this is. Original and interesting varieties. Well-informed owner's, great customer service all with a smile and a few laughs. I know I'll be back again, sooner than later.

Perennial Beds

Ornamental Grasses

Lavendar on the far-off hillside

Raspberry, Blackberry and Rhubarb

As for our own gardens, again, the weather has not been cooperating. Not a lot of anything going on outside these days. It seems to rain until about 4:00 and then the sun comes out just so you can't say it didn't. Irritating and frustrating. Today, as I mentioned, was bitter cold. At least in the morning but shortly after noon, it started to heat up and I was inspired to get planting. I had a number of perennials that really needed to be planted and had to get the ones I got today in the ground as their roots are exposed. Here are some pictures. I've included before and afters again. Keep in mind that we are at the beginning of the gardening season here so these beds will continue to fill in.

NEW BED ALONG FRONT WALK - BEFORE - taken 7-May - ALL AFTERS taken today.

SHADE BED - BEFORE (all befores from here on - April 15th & 21st)

SUN GARDEN

SOUTH BED

The best for last...not without an ERNIE-ism. See him standing on the brick here? That's how he commutes the garden beds. He doesn't like the gravel under his feet so he skirts the flower beds by tip-toeing around the brick surround.