Some yard picks

I had a pleasant surprise the other day, I realized that some Colchicum was growing underneath the Asters! I thought that the bulbs had rotted away, they didn't bloom last year.Speaking of Asters, I called Brian Minter's show on 600 AM for the fist time on Saturday! Ha ha! I wanted to know how to make Asters a more compact clump. His advice was to cut it right down to the ground July 1st (the same can be done with mums) and it'll still bloom on time, but in a smaller clump! Good tip, I'll try it next summer!I bought these blueberries in June and they were LADEN with berries at the time. They have never stopped bearing blueberries this whole time, and are still at it, 4 1/2 months later! Not sure if I'll be so lucky next year, but we've sure enjoyed it!

And here is one of my favorite flowers, Elizabeth Bellflower. It also has been blooming non-stop since June. The buds start out twisted and then untwist as they open. The flowers are speckled rose and are almost furry on the inside, they're beautiful!

Brick path

Yay! We did some gardening at the CN triangle today (luckily before the torrential downpour!) and a few of my friends mentioned that they had seen some bricks in the alley, a few blocks away. Within a short time, we picked up the bricks, brought them to the CN triangle, and made interlocking brick paths through the garden! The bricks come with moss on them already, so hopefully that spreads on the path! I'm so excited! The CN makeover has begun. We dug up plants that weren't drought tolerant enough and planted some bulbs.... the garden is showing promise!