Our grocery store has had a wonderful variety of melons and I've been drying and saving seeds, but I'm wondering what realistically will grow well for me in Ontario next year?
I'm in 6A with well augmented clay soil and sunny dry bed space and/or trelises.
Hami melon? Galia melon? Santa klaus? Canary?
Honeydew? Cataloupe? Watermelon? Montreal melon?
Would love to hear experiences.
I got my order of native baby plants in and have been getting down to business populating the first quadrant of this front lawn, still lots to go but I'm really happy how it's coming together.
Going to be a fun weekend picking away at it all. ✨
Location: Zone 6B, Greater Toronto Area
Looking for tips or experiences, what has worked and what hasn't, on establishing nice mats of Bearberry across the area of this round riverstone-covered border.
We're in year 1 of working on a no-lawn native-focused garden and building it up. My next onplants.ca order arrives next week with 14 bearberry plants :D
Placement-wise I've been humming and hawing - do I...:
Focusing on the lower tier - Take out sections of riverstone and plant clumps of 3 to let them spread from there
Focusing on the lower tier - Take out the highest riverstones, and tuck the bearberry underneath the tier-creating boulders above them and let them grow out from there overtop the remaining riverstones
Focusing on the higher tier - Do I leave the lower-tier riverstones as is, and put the bearberry near the edge of the borders higher to spill over
Both - Go wild and do a mix of lower tier and higher tier planting - up and down
Planting site wise: These rocks get full-sun throughout most of the year from about 9am from behind the house through till 6 or 7pm when the sun goes down in front of the house. We have clay soils, but this area is raised and mixed with about 30% cedar mulch and 20% fresh top soil. I have ferrous iron sulfate (20% iron (Fe) 12% sulfur (S) a water-soluble granules) to add to the acidity that I'd use on them same as my lowbush blueberries.
Thoughts and musings appreciated!
I have a fair amount of the typical common blue violets but this one is clearly different.
This one has the "strong bearded yellow throat" of a Canada Violet, but doesn't look as white as the pictures I'm seeing. Is it still a Canada Violet all the same? A variation?
Good way to spend a Sunday. 😄
Been trying to save the native violets, clover, and forget me nots as I go.
Working towards my plan as posted here:
I think I have my trees and shrubs planned out!
Did I miss any of your favorites?
While I've been pulling all the garlic mustard, bugleweed, buckthorn, mullein, periwinkle, poison ivy, and wild chervil out of our new-to-us Brampton home I've been planning out my no-lawn dream pollinator and bird supporting garden. Aiming for almost entirely native (plus a few existing and relocated non-invasives for our area).
Even with turning over most soil we know we'll be watching the ground and pulling more for a few years at least, so we focused on trees and shrubs first, with room saved for perennials later.
I only wish I had more room for trees, I would love a native linden, and a sassafras and a witch hazel, a silverberry, and a few mountain laurels but couldn't reasonably find room.
(in our declination and orientation sun comes from the left of these plans, traveling bottom to top)
Edit: view better resolution to read the names here: https://imgur.com/a/kutjKoM
Can my fellow ontarian gardeners confirm this is bugleweed and cow parsley?
It's my first spring in a much abandoned garden in Brampton and slowly working my way through the inventory as I weed and prepare for a naturalized r/nolawn
Yup I'm one of those people sourcing dry socket opinions. But, maybe it's refreshing now that Ive already had treatment for it by the dentist?
My Situation: 12 days ago I had a large bottom molar extraction from a dental surgeon while under general anesthesia. It had been cracked down through the center from impact from a car while I was on my bicycle.
I had pain from the evening of the second day on, which 2 Advil 2 Tylenol every 4 hours only mostly took care of. And during my follow up appointment on day 5, the dentist treated for dry socket.
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Day 5 dry socket treatment: During the treatment, they cleaned the site, removed food debris, and "restarted the healing process" which I think involved starting new blood flow into the socket by physical action in the socket. Then they put a tube of gel antibiotic and anesthesic and "self dissolving sponges into the socket.
The gel in the socket reduced the pain greatly for 9ish hours, and then returned about the same.
I have also been on Amoxiclav antibiotics since which increased my energy levels, and reduced swelling and heat in the jaw/cheek.
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Day 9 follow up: My pain was still as great as day 2, and I'm still taking 2 advil, 2 Tylenol, to bear it. The sponges were still in the socket when they looked so they didn't want to dislodge anything to look, but the skin around was definitely starting to look pinker and close in around the site. They took an xray to make sure the socket looked healthy that way.
They scheduled a follow up for day 15 (which is yet to occur 4ish days from now) but said they were sure it was healing, but just didn't like my pain was so high.
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Today day 10: I'm still in the same 2 Advil, 2 Tylenol pain level as day 2. The sponges are not there anymore so I got a good look, and the hole does not look like its got a big clot in it, it's got some pink skin in some areas, but I don't know if I should be worried about the white/yellow?
Is this still dry socket? or areas of dry socket?
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General Health & Post Op Care:
I have been sleeping in an upright position and not wearing my upper bite guard as suggested by the dentist. No straws, rinsing, gargling, or contact on that side. Continuing to brush my other teeth twice daily.
I have HEDs, and managed low blood pressure, which is normal with cardiology medication.
Allergic to eggs, dairy, gluten (celiac) so I eat a whole food diet cooked at home.
Since the first treatment for dry socket, I switched to an all pureed food, coconut yogurt and bone broth diet that I pour towards the back of my throat, to reduce the chances they have to clean the socket again.
No smoking / drinking. I take daily supplements including iron, omega-3, and vitamin d and drink electrolytes every morning at the suggestion of my cardiologist.