Pictures of Mistik Acres.

The summer is passing along fairly quickly as we are already enjoying the days of August.  The weather has been fantastic for growing conditions lately.  We can almost watch the plants grow in some cases.  Have included a few pictures of the gardens at this time of year.  There is plenty to see at Mistik Acres and we welcome visitors to take a look around.  Take a drive in the country and pay us a visit.

Bell's of Ireland are ready for cutting.  Available Saturday at the market.

Sunflowers are late this year, but are finally starting to show their cheery colours.

Little Lamb Hydrangea blooming.  A new plant for us this year, hoping to expand our quantities for cutting flowers if it performs to our expectations.

The raspberry patch.  We have been spending a lot of time in the raspberry patch this year, harvesting the fruit.  Every day is picking day in the raspberry patch....but oh so delicious.

Emmer Wheat

This variety of wheat has been around for a long time and has large beautiful heads.

We will have Emmer wheat available as a fresh cut for your floral bouquets and it will also be included in the ready made bouquets available at the Saskatoon Farmer's Market on Saturday from 8-2. 

Sunflowers ready for market.

The sunflowers are starting to bloom now and it will be a sea of yellow soon. We plant sunflowers as a windbreak for the delicate flowers that can be damaged from the wind. So they have a dual purpose, as we also harvest their flowers for fresh sales and there is always plenty left to go to seed for the birds in winter. Yesterday we took 2 truckloads of flowers into the city and sold to the florists. We have never had to do that before, as we usually get them all in one load. Lots of beautiful flowers. Will also take flowers in again on Wednesday for the flower shops.
This year we are noticing that a lot of the birds have left already, the yard anyway.....not sure if they are hanging out elsewhere. The tree swallows, first batch of bluebirds, and robins have left the yard. We see a few tree swallows once in a while, but we don't remember them leaving this early in previous years....but then again we have never had this many birds nesting in the yard before, so maybe we just did not notice this happening.
The vegetables are loving this warm weather lately and are looking so healthy. We are going to have start watering the dahlias today, so we could use another inch of rain soon. We do have everything mulched now, so it will stop the moisture from evaporating.
The small greenhouse is now home to a garter snake. We are now using it for storage and when ever we go into it, the snake slithers away into a hole in the ground inside the greenhouse. It must be enjoying the warm temperature inside the greenhouse.