Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

Every year during the months of September and October the scarecrows invade Meaford!  Oh, it's a spooky, scary time with those scarecrow...

I was rolling down the ramp off our deck a week or two ago and I almost ran right into a Monarch butterfly, sitting on the Verbena which nor...

I've thought that September was the month when thousands of goldenrod flowered, but I've changed my mind this year.  Goldenrod (we a...

The garden photos I started sharing  three posts ago all arose because I spent half a day watching our gardener work.  The purpose was to re...

The garden is almost finished being taken apart, shipped off to our local compost site, so there are few things left except leaves and some ...

It's a time of year for cleaning out the garden, and there are only a few blooms left to be found.  We leave some plants standing for th...

Today we remember the thousands of Indigenous children who were often forcibly removed from their homes to attend residential schools.  Many...