The Deck in August
The other evening I went over to Sandy's place to take a look at her deck. What a gorgeous job she has done! I was most impressed by her GIANT papyrus! She gave me...
May 19, 2003
Gardening Frenzy
Another manic gardening weekend is behind me. Monday was a holiday so I had three solid days of frenzied gardening activity. I'm tired. Saturday afternoon was cold and blah but we headed over to the...
July 19, 2002
The Food is Coming...
Imagine my surpise this morning when I went out to check the plants and discovered a teeny, tiny jalapeno developing! I did a quick read of the peppers section of Joy of Gardening and discovered...
July 17, 2002
GARLIC HARVEST
I pulled up my one garlic plant yesterday. Low and behold it had transformed underground into a full head of garlic! It's not huge, (I probably should have waited longer) but it's as big...
July 11, 2002
Tomatillo and Davin's Tree
I took 49 photos this morning, approximately 45 of which are just bad. I don't know what's going on today. I tried to take a photo of the first open tomatillo flower but all...
July 07, 2002
Last Minute Tomatoes
On Friday night we popped over to the Duff (Dufferin Mall) where I purchased the largest block of compressed container soil ever and a few plastic garbage containers! That night I woke up at 4...
I'm Growing Mushrooms
I have a pot that I've been too lazy to empty and clean. I think it had lemon balm in it last year. Last year I planted a little piece of moss in it...
June 23, 2002
They're Growing Up...
Yesterday I experienced one of those garden-related time warps. I'm out on the deck everyday yet for some reason I hadn't noticed how quickly certain things had grown. It's almost as if some things...
May 22, 2002
Strawberries
The first green strawberry is taking form. Pretty soon there will be ripe and tasty strawberries to eat. Unless the squirrels and birds get to them first....
May 21, 2002
Pine Geranium
It's so cold. It's getting near the end of May and yet to go outside today I wore a turtleneck, a wool sweater and my winter jacket. That's just wrong on so many levels.......
May 19, 2002
Garden Crazy
Farmer's Almanac Weather Prediction for Ontario: "Warm, thunderstorms." Despite the horrible, grey, cold, rainy weather we've been having, gardening season is in full swing and I've been going mad. Last Saturday I met up with...
