You thought this spring weather was testing? Environment Canada’s 2011 weather calendar tells us on 9th May 1923 Point Pelee, Ontario, that 10 days previous, high winds blew away freshly planted onion seeds; reseeding had just been completed when on this date a snowstorm struck with powerful winds and low temperatures. Ah yes, those were the good old days, weren’t they now?
But it’s time to go fossicking for flowers through garden centres. Thinking on seasonal plants makes scents. Modern plant breeders aren’t much help here. In their search of cents they have lost the scent. Far too many new offerings lack this, surely one of the essential attractions of any garden. Then there are the old-timers – usually far less hard on the pocketbook than new introductions.
