Blue Grass & Maple Leaves

Blue Fescue Grass is a favourite of mine. Its unusual blue colour is always an interesting contrast with stones, pebbles and other plants. Design wise, it mimics the vertical blades of the green turf grasses in the lawn, yet contrasts sharply in colour. In the fall, as in this photo, the blue contrasts sharply with the silver maple leaves of red and white. (note how the Blue Star Juniper in the left background complements the blue in the grass.)




Care wise, I recommend that you trim it very low in early spring. This will bring new foliage with better colour. After a few years it may need to be split, otherwise the centre of the plant may grow old and die. When your split the plant, the second half can be given away or relocated to another part of your garden.

Wild Turkey Leftovers

Or Why did the Turkey cross the Road?

This morning, just leaving home, we came across 10 or so Wild Turkeys crossing the road. I grabbed my camera, but with the car moving and the window a bit blurry, I didn't get a terrific photo.
The birds crossed the road and ran into the woods, some running, a few taking to the air for a short flight. They didn't sound like turkeys, but maybe they speak a different gobbledygook

I have not seen so many turkeys in one spot. (not wild ones outdoors, anyways). . . although when we had a picnic on our lawn??

Did these turkeys realize that Canadian Thanksgiving is over? Is it safe to come out? Have the turkey recipes been all put away?

When does turkey hunting season end?

Cactus Fruit -Sweet & Juicy

I've written about the hardy cactus that I have in the garden. They stay outside here in the Southern Ontario snow and winter cold. They do have prickly pear fruits, but they are tiny and thorny.
For taste- Better to eat these supermarket varieties. No thorns = no slivers in your fingers or your tongue.

And these ones have a lot more flesh to savour.

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