Spring in the Patio Garden

Spring has come a little earlier here in Vancouver. We've had a very mild winter and now the plants have deemed it time to start the spring process.

Here are some lovely pictures from my patio garden...

This is the Silver Lavender that I planted late last year. It's looking mighty fine.

I definitely pruned it just enough...

Always the first to bloom, Bleeding Hearts. 

I combined the white and pink ones into a single pot last year. 

Tiny buds starting on the Azalea. I can't wait to see its pink blooms.

Blueberries! I was just telling TheDapperGentleman

that soon we will be able to harvest fresh fruit straight from our patio. 

This is most definitely the best thing about having your own garden.

Bob the Apple Tree. Looks like he's going strong. Hip Hip Hurrah 

for surviving the winter. 

These are the new blueberry plants I planted last year. 

Peach Sorbet and Jelly Bean variety. Looks like there are 

going to be some sweet treats this year.

Lavender Harvest

I have definitely learned my lesson... Lavender needs to be harvested and pruned every year. If you don't it becomes leggy and won't bloom as well the next year. Pruning helps keep lavender compact and cute :)

I'm definitely not an expert at pruning lavender, but this video was very helpful :)

After I harvested my lavender, I laid the buds flat on my bookshelf and waited 3-5 days for them to completely dry out.

Once they're dry you can put them by your windows and doors to keep mosquitoes and flies out of your home :)

P.S. TheDapperGentleman designed and built this bookshelf! 

Lavender in the Garden

Last year my lavender plants were getting wild, so I trimmed them back and stuck the trimmings into the planters around it. I never expected them to take to the new pots because it was late in the summer. However....

I looked outside my patio door the other day and it worked! The new lavender propagated and now I have new baby lavender.

 This is one of the original lavender plants

 The mother lavender plant is in the back of this pot, and its babies are the ones in the foreground.