You know, I've never much cared for caladium. They've always been a "whatever" plant in my book, a humdrum bit of foliage most often seen crammed into decorative baskets and seasonal greenhouse exhibits. Who cares? (Perhaps 
Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season.
I saw this 
I did a quick and easy giveaway of my new book "Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces" on The Twitter last week and as promised I'm doing one here too. It's still winter and most of us are hibernating and reserving energy 
It's a big week over here as my new book, "Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces" (I'm already an expert at saying the title super fast) hits bookstores TODAY!
Except that we spotted 
Yesterday afternoon I was invited into the apartment of a fellow Parkdale resident to check out her collection of fascinating and unusual plants. The visit brought the plant junky in me out in full force. I went 
Sometimes, when I'm feeling too lazy to hand chop, I give dinner's assorted vegetable scraps a quick whiz in the food processor before feeding the gruel to the worms in my kitchen wormery. I liken
Hey, guess what? My new book, "Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces" hits stores in less than a week!
To commemorate its impending release, Clarkson Potter has agreed to do a pre-launch giveaway 
Back in August 2009 my friend Laura asked me if I wanted to take a quick jaunt out to the burbs to take some pictures of the Foodcycles farm.
At the time we had 
Photo of ‘Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge’ Tomato: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
If you've been reading this site over the years, you can probably make a pretty safe guess as to where I am right now in the areas of seed starting and garden planning
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