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red house garden red house garden gardening in my new digs in zone 6a outside of boston ma saturday october 31 2020 summer fall winter june well this has certainly been the craziest few months canceled plans and lots of staying at home did give me more time to work on the garden especially at the beginning of summer aren t june gardens beautiful july this summer was quite hot and dry for new england i spent a lot of time watering and watering and taking photos this spring i started posting pictures of the garden on instagram while i m not on social media a lot anymore i have been enjoying instagram posting pictures is quicker than blogging and i love seeing other photos of gardens and plants august somehow life still seems busier than ever with everyone home all the time lots of cooking and cleaning and trying to keep everyone organized with a serious health risk in the family my husband is fortunate to work remotely and the kids are in virtual school thankfully school has been going relatively well and the kids have some really great teachers that have been working hard to make things go smoothly september unfortunately with a family member with a possibly worsening health issue the one thing that is daunting is dealing with such things in the middle of a pandemic days of doctor s appointments and lab tests involve going in to boston to the hospital exactly where we were trying to not end up the doctors are trying to get everything done as quickly as possible as our covid numbers in massachusetts are increasing october other than the doctor visits october in new england has been glorious fall is my favorite time of year and the changing of the leaves has been spectacular this year well until yesterday anyway a record for an october snowstorm here of course seems on par for 2020 right happy gardening posted by indie at 11 09 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels gardens mine gazebo garden perennials weather sunday july 12 2020 canada lilies there are only three true lilies native here in the northeast and one of them is the canada lily or lilium canadense our other native lilies are turk s cap lily and wood lily canada lily three years ago i bought three lily plants from garden in the woods a native garden and nursery and planted them in the gazebo garden they took a bit to get established but now are flourishing sometimes also called wild yellow lily or meadow lily canada lilies are native to eastern north america and found in open woodlands moist meadows and savannas they prefer dappled or partial sunlight and medium to moist soil and are hardy from zone 3 to 9 my lilies bloomed for about three weeks from the later part of june through early july with gorgeous apricot and yellow flowers freckled underneath canada lilies may be different in coloration though ranging from yellow to red orange these lilies attract halictid bees aka sweat bees and large butterflies such as swallowtails and great spangled fritillaries the only thing i actually noticed enjoying my canada lilies however was a hummingbird i got some great pictures of it if only the memory card had been in my camera i keep all my lilies in my protected gazebo garden so that the deer don t eat them i have spotted a few of the invasive lily leaf beetles in my garden but on my other non native lilies it s the first time i ve really noticed the beetle in my garden they have released several parasitic wasps throughout new england for a biological control so i do hope that they won t become a problem historically canada lily was used medicinally for such things as stomach disorders dysentery rheumatism irregular menstruation and snake bites the buds and roots of these lilies were traditionally eaten by native americans and the bulbs are said to have a bitter or peppery flavor some sources label the lily roots as starvation food eaten in times of famine so i don t think i shall be trying them any time soon i would rather have the flowers in my garden anyway happy gardening posted by indie at 10 34 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bulbs gardens mine gazebo garden native plants perennials wednesday june 24 2020 juneberries towards the end of strawberry picking season and before the blueberries start there is the picking of the juneberries juneberries never heard of juneberries i hadn t either until about three or four years ago in fact juneberry is a more recent american marketing name for the harder to pronounce but much more fun name of saskatoon berry also historically known as pigeon berries or serviceberries these shrubs are native to north america the species commercially grown is amelanchier alnifolia which is a close cousin of our eastern serviceberry a canadensis which commonly grows around here the berries are more well known in canada especially in saskatchewan which holds a saskatoon berry festival in the town of mortlach every year except this year thanks to covid 19 the name of saskatoon is said to be from the cree language word misâskwatômina mis sack qua too mina which means the fruit of the tree of many branches the city of saskatoon saskatchewan has similar origins historically the berries were often used in pemmican as well as used medicinally for a variety of illnesses the berries also feed various wildlife such as birds squirrels and bears and the shrubs are a larval host for several swallowtail butterflies juneberry saskatoon berry plants are deciduous and grow in a wide range of soils though they prefer well draining spots they can be grown as shrubs or small trees and can reach 16 feet tall white flowers bloom in spring followed by the berries in late june or early july the berries are very nutritious containing high levels of protein iron calcium and antioxidants picking juneberries a local farm started offering juneberry picking and last year we tried them for the first time the taste is said to be sweet with hints of almond and cherry the kids especially were excited to try them but upon tasting them we found them to be not that great raw they were sweet but on the tart side and rather watery and seedy so i baked them into a pie juneberry pie and wow it was absolutely delicious my oldest daughter who had never cared for a fruit pie in her life enjoyed it immensely one year later she is still talking about that pie this is obviously a fruit that improves upon baking juneberry picking season has just started here and the farm is letting small numbers of people come pick on appointment so we will be cautiously venturing out for more juneberry acquisition wish us luck and many juneberries saskatoon berries happy gardening posted by indie at 8 20 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shrubs older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me indie when i started this blog i was gardening on clay in zone 7b near raleigh nc after moving 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