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A House of Their Own

With a short lull in a bathroom reno project that's been occupying most of my creative energy, I've been thinking about taking some of the wood scraps in the basement and building a birdhouse. Cally's post and photo about hers kind of sold me on the

Emira : April 30th, 2006 : 5 Comments: Posted in: Projects, Link

Carrots on your rooftop

Yesterday I was perusing cnn.com for some news and came across a story about how rooftop gardening is becoming more popular here in the U.S. I know that in some European countries, especially Germany, this is quite common. I remember listening to a READ MORE...

Christina : April 30th, 2006 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link, Info, Ecology

“Monster Rabbit” targets vegetable patch

Having recently caught up with my "friend" the backyard bunny, I found this article to be particularly timely...

Amy : April 29th, 2006 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link, Pests & Disease

Plant Sales - Mark Your Calendars

I hate to be so Toronto-centric but there are a number of local and very good plant sales coming up that ya'll should know about. They're more bang for your buck, the experience is fun, and often times the haul is of better quality than your typical

Gayla : April 29th, 2006 : 4 Comments: Posted in: Seasonal, Link, Info, Gardening 101, Events

100 Mile Eating

As a follow-up to Christina's post about eating local vs. organic, I thought y'all might be interested in the 100 Mile Diet site. The site is one of the pieces of a larger puzzle put together by a friend of mine, James MacKinnon, and his partner

Emira : April 28th, 2006 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link, Ecology

Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006

I know this isn't exactly about gardening, but it is about a fellow avid gardener who passed away earlier this week. I don't know how many people know of Jane Jacobs, myself having studied human geography and urban planning in university, she is one of my idols.

Ariane : April 27th, 2006 : 3 Comments: Posted in: Link, Info

The Modern Alchemist

Words like hyperaccumulator and phytoremediation sound like something straight out of a 1960s Sci-Fi movie and hardly verbs describing gardens. But when the conceptual, and socially minded artist Mel Chin creates a garden, you get these lengthy words among others. Mel Chin is a Texas born artist now living in North Carolina; and when

Renee : April 27th, 2006 : 3 Comments: Posted in: Places, Link, Info, Ecology

My Trug Tub Love

Try saying that three times fast. TrugTubLove. TrugTubLove... Anyway. Gayla's post about Lee Valley got me to thinking about my last Lee Valley impulse purchase. I had stopped there on my way back from picking up a load of compost, and tried very hard to restrain myself

Emira : April 26th, 2006 : 8 Comments: Posted in: Reviews, Link

The Lee Valley Lure

The one-stop crack distribution depo of the Canadian gardening world recently opened a store in downtown Toronto, and... ummm... I have been there twice in two days. I want to state for the record that prior to this I have never purchased a Lee Valley product,

Gayla : April 26th, 2006 : 10 Comments: Posted in: Reviews, Link, Seeds

Local vs Certified organic

Last week I went to a film and discussion series entited "Label Me Confused: What organic, free range, and all those other words really mean" at a local theater. Several organic farmers gathered to discuss the benefits of choosing to eat locally produced and/or organic foods rather

Christina : April 24th, 2006 : 5 Comments: Posted in: Link, Info, Ecology

6 yards of pure goodness

Am I greedy? I had 6 yards of compost delivered to my driveway last Wednesday, and there are few other things that cause me to express the same level of glee as I did for the hours after it was dumped. I feel sort of glutinous, like I'm

Amanda : April 24th, 2006 : 3 Comments: Posted in: Link

Hide and Seek

Over the past few weeks, while I've been only half paying attention, my backyard flowerbeds have been totally taken over by bluebells. At first I was fairly pleased to see them full up with lovely green lush growth; however, slowly (but definitely surely) they have become totally overtaken

Emira : April 23rd, 2006 : No Comments: Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Link

Der Blumenladen

How ingenious is this: a flower shop where rather than buying cut flowers, you buy photos of plant bits that are then constructed into 3-Dimensional arrangements. Wolf Klein's Der Blumenladen (The Flower Shop) is part old-school flower shop, part mad

Gayla : April 22nd, 2006 : 3 Comments: Posted in: Link

Earth Day: Toronto

Come out to Earth Day Spring Festival events this weekend at Budapest Park here in Toronto! When: Sat, April 22. 2006. 10:30 am - 4 pm Where: Budapest Park (on the waterfront at the bottome of Roncessvalles Ave., just east of Sunnyside Park and west of the Palais Royale.) Stop by

Gayla : April 21st, 2006 : Comments Off: Posted in: Events

Just in Time for the Weekend!

Okay, so not all of us are quite. . .ummm. . .physically prepared for the gardening season. One day out planting veggies equals 2 days inside vegging out, sore and slightly grumpy. Come on, now. You're thrifty, you're crafty, you're talented, you can do anything! (Except for move your sore tush.)

Renee : April 21st, 2006 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Uncategorized, Projects, Link

Reminder to Self: Plant more bulbs!

I've just finished putting my Spring planting bulbs from Botanus in the ground (mostly hostas and some peonies) and the ones planted last fall are at now really hitting their stride. When I made my choices last Fall I picked most of

Emira : April 20th, 2006 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Bulbs

Starting it Off

So a few days ago I got my garden all nice and prepared for the bounty of plants that I'll be planting this year. The goal: An Urban Oasis. I live in a pretty busy part of town, it's a residential area but it's right by a main

Kelly : April 20th, 2006 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link

Paper Houseplants

As if gardening with living plants isn't enough to keep me occupied, I've recently become obsessed with plants crafted from paper. Download and construct your own garden of indoor houseplants, from the Epson Hong Kong site. Patterns include ivy, lucky

Gayla : April 20th, 2006 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Uncategorized, Projects, Link

Plant Me!

I'm a pretty big fan of Branch the currently online/soon to also be a physical store in San Francisco that bills itself as a purveyor of Sustainable Design for Living. They have a pretty great gardening section that seems to be a combo of novelty grow-in-one containers and

Emira : April 19th, 2006 : 5 Comments: Posted in: Link

Phase 1 Complete

Phase 1 of "Project Deck Garden 2006" was enacted yesterday afternoon. It was inspired by a sunny day and a headache that wouldn't quit, which not surprisingly, was abated after a few hours in the fresh air. I won't bore you with the details as Phase

Gayla : April 19th, 2006 : 15 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Veggies, Seasonal, Containers, Seeds, Gayla's Gardens

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