The sun loving flower garden at the south end of the house delights hummingbirds, butterflies, migrating warblers & other species! The flower garden is designed to sustain early arrivals and late departures of hummingbirds.

The pergola has offered some shade and has 'had' a variety of vines growing on it such as Honeysuckle, Trumpet vines, American bittersweet, wild grape and a variety of clematis vines. The beams have made wonderful perches for migrating warblers who layover to hunt for insects. The wild grape was stopped in the spring of 2020 as it was taking over the pergola. The American Bittersweet and honey suckle will fill in ... in no time.

Ambitious plans for retirement resulted in a 50'x60' organic vegetable garden north of the house. Every year we can expect perennials such as raspberries, honeyberries, asparagus, strawberries ( Pineberry variety) and herbs such as chives, sage, oregano and tarragon.

It's quite an effort keeping up with the overabundance of asparagus ... however, nothing stops us from enjoying a spear or two as we work in the garden. The taste of fresh raw asparagus is amazing!! It is soon time for the asparagus to be moved to another area in the garden.

The honeyberries and strawberries ripen at the end of June.
One may have to compete with the newly fledged Brown thrashers for the honeyberries!!

Garlic cloves were not planted during the autumn of 2019, a major disappointment to friends, family and neighbours!

West of the garden is the 'nursery' garden. It houses 30 young coniferous trees waiting to be planted.

Wild apples & crabapples make delicious sauce & jelly! The overabundance of wild grapes in 2019 resulted in a few jars of wild grape jelly and satisfied catbirds that hung around and cleaned off the vines in September.