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Garden Tour: Columbus, Ohio

While in Columbus, Ohio I had the good fortune to be given a tour of school gardens courtesy of Susan Weber and Noreen Warnock of Local Matters. Local Matters is an organization seeking to expand fresh food availability and accessibility to residents of Central Ohio. They

Waiting for Potatoes

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved A lot of exciting things have been happening in the gardens these days. With summer fully underway I have been harvesting all sorts of goodies. There are new discoveries everyday. Yet none have garnered quite the reaction

Cherry Clafoutis

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I have a longer post about my trip to Columbus, Ohio coming up but until then a station break about cherry season. It's on! While I was away Davin went cherry picking just for me, bringing

Worms for Composting

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I ordered a 1/2 pound of red wiggler worms back in May but the sellers have experienced such a boom in orders this year that they were unable to fill my order until July. Encouraging don't you

Your Questions Answered: Black Bottomed Tomatoes

Question: I am having a problem with some tomato plants in my back yard. The plants are growing good and strong and small green tomatoes are begging to grow. I looked at the bottom of one tomato and it is turning black. Can you please tell

Taste T.O. Interview

“What that kind of attitude and approach is saying over and over again is that gardening is not for you; you don’t belong here.” I met up with Teresa Cheng a few weeks ago for lunch at my favourite long-time local eatery, Cafe Bernate for an in-person interview

Wild Front Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Check out this wild front garden I came upon yesterday afternoon. On just a glance I can identify a couple of poppy varieties, calendula, bachelors buttons (aka cornflower), cosmos, and a host of attractive weeds. I just can't

Unique Container Idea: Planter Cart

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I came upon this shopping cart planter the other day while riding my bike along College Street here in Toronto. The planter sits outside a restaurant located at the corner of College and Clinton, perched up high

Gift It: Homegrown Herbal Bouquet

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I was invited to an apartment warming at my brother's newish place the other night and since I had already treated him to a whole new garden, hereby known as "The Gift That Covers Me Off

Columbus, OHIO

Green Minds Project: Gayla Trail I will be traveling to Columbus, Ohio next week to be on a panel at the Ohio Floraculture Association's "Short Course" conference. As a result I have set some time aside to see the city and take in
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