{"id":8843,"date":"2020-06-08T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siteandinsight.com\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2020-06-08T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:31:29","slug":"flowers-fields-and-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenvillaartgarden.com\/fr\/flowers-fields-and-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers, Fields and Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

An assortment of photos shows the variety of what is\u00a0happening now at Glen Villa, my garden in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Flowers are blooming everywhere. One that I am particularly fond of is columbine. The native variety, Aquilegia canadensis<\/em>, grows freely in many spots in the garden. In the photo below, it complements the colour palette of new growth on a spirea, Spirea<\/em> ‘Magic Carpet,’ a shrub that the deer ignore. (Hooray!)<\/p>\n

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Years ago, I started various columbines from seed, including some seed I brought back from Australia. I think this deep blue one is from a B&B where we stayed and I’ve named it after that historic building, Purrembete. (Checking on-line, however, I find that it may be only the common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

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Wildflowers are also appearing. Lupins and ragged robin (Lychis flos-cuculi<\/em>) cover the hillside above the driveway.<\/p>\n

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Wild strawberries\u00a0are growing in abundance in parts of the Big Meadow.<\/p>\n

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The patch of red, or sheep, sorrel (Rumex acetosella<\/em>) in the Big Meadow gets bigger every year, growing as it does on\u00a0acidic, sandy soils. Sheep sorrel is considered a noxious weed and while it\u00a0isn’t very attractive close up…<\/p>\n

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… it makes quite\u00a0a show from a distance.<\/p>\n

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But the most beautiful wildflower at the moment is the blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium<\/em>). It is in full bloom alongside La Grande All\u00e9e, and its abundance makes up for this year’s disappointing show from the crabapple trees.<\/p>\n

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I have\u00a0several projects\u00a0on the go at the moment, one of which is La Seigneurie. Last year we planted the seigneurie field with a mix of canola, flax and barley. The colours weren’t as strong as I had hoped, nor was the\u00a0pattern of long, narrow strips intended to reflect\u00a0the planting\u00a0practices\u00a0used when Quebec was a French colony. So I decided this year to create alternating bands using only two kinds of seeds, oats and red clover.<\/p>\n

We seeded the field on May 28 and, happily, it rained that night, giving the seeds the moisture they need to germinate.<\/p>\n

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Less than a week later,\u00a0new growth\u00a0\u00a0was starting to appear.<\/p>\n

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I titled this blog Flowers, Fields and\u00a0Food. Flowers I’ve shown in abundance, plus one field.\u00a0 But what about food?<\/p>\n

Perhaps you saw the photos I posted\u00a0last week showing\u00a0a new-born fawn. Since then I’ve now spotted the\u00a0baby several times, alone and with her mother. The best sighting was a few days ago, when I was fortunate enough to see the doe nurse her fawn.<\/p>\n

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I watched the pair for more than\u00a015 minutes, staying well away so as not to disrupt their intimacy. But even though I wasn’t close,\u00a0I felt connected to the mother and child, not as a voyeur but as another\u00a0living creature, part of\u00a0a momentarily peaceful world.<\/p>\n

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If only such\u00a0peace would last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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