Northern Gardening

It never ceases to amaze me to see just how fast things grow here in the North. While we have a much shorter growing season than in Southern Canada, the fact that we have more hours of sunlight makes up for it. Take a look at these three photos from my garden, each taken 24 hours apart.

As you might guess, much of my week-end was spent in the garden. I've neglected the beds for the last couple of years, so it's taking a lot of work to bring them back. Still lots more to do, but at least some of them now are happier with all the peat, loam and manure I gave them.

On another not-so-happy topic, we are still watching for some sign of improvement from my sister-in-law Susan. She's been in intensive care for the last few weeks after mixing bathroom cleaners. It affected her body similar to the way mustard gas would. She's still on full life support and they've moved her to another hospital where I guess they have more expertise in this kind of thing. They were hesitant to move her before because they were concerned she wouldn't survive the ambulance ride, but she seems to have done OK. Roy tells me that as far as they know, there's been no brain damage and the upper part of her lungs seems clear (lower lungs have some sort of fluid in them), but her recovery will be slow and could be complicated. I need everyone to send her positive thoughts and prayers.