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Archive: January, 2007

If You Can, Plant a Garden

I really hate to get all gooey and girly and squeee here because it's very embarassing and unbecoming but holy cow how much do I love Michael Pollan. I believe you have to be a subscriber to read it, but take a look at this article

Gayla : January 29th, 2007 : 11 Comments: Posted in: Link, Ecology, Food, Deep Thoughts

I’m on the Stereo, Stereo-o

I'm going to be interviewed live on "The Artist's Lifestyle" talking about You Grow Girl, gardening, and the art. When: Tuesday, Jan 30. 5:30-6:00pm What: 93.3 FM CFMU To listen online: Go to the website and click on "webcast" [left sidebar].

Gayla : January 29th, 2007 : 7 Comments: Posted in: Events, Art/Craft, Press

Grow This: Paphiopedilum Orchid

Living room gardeners needn’t be limited to corner-store variety orchids. Paphiopedilum, aka ‘slipper’ orchids (not to be confused with the cold hardy North American Lady’s Slipper) are an exotic tropical that produce a stunning, solo blossom sometime between late fall and spring.

Gayla : January 28th, 2007 : 3 Comments: Posted in: Projects, Houseplants, Info, Photography

Veggie Garden Ribbon

It's a tad pricey at $13.00 for 2 yards but this fancy-pants woven ribbon from the Cooper Hewitt shop would make fantastic trim on your garden apron. Or maybe use just snip a little piece for a bookmark in your READ MORE...

Gayla : January 26th, 2007 : 4 Comments: Posted in: Link, Stuff

Growing Independent Media

This is not at all related to gardening but as this site is about to hit its seventh anniversary early next month (I no longer have a record of the exact day but Feb 2000 was the launch), today's cover story in local Toronto weekly Eye

Gayla : January 25th, 2007 : No Comments: Posted in: Journal, Link, Deep Thoughts

The 6th Street and Ave B Community Garden, NYC

I recently returned from a short trip to New York City. This was a purely personal trip so despite the cold I did what I love best, wandering the streets with my camera. My favourite part of the city is The Lower East Side, The East

Gayla : January 24th, 2007 : 6 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Places, Link, Photography

May Day Magazine

- From: May Day Magazine (Jan 2007)

By Sapphire Singh

Gayla : January 20th, 2007 : Comments Off: Posted in: Link, Press

Something Green

When I happened upon Maggie Mason's Nesting Terrariums over at MightyGirl the other day in a fit of blog catch-up I breathed a bit sigh of lovely. Something green. Finally. My gardnerself has been withering under the nasty weather we've had on the west-coast of Canada

Emira : January 19th, 2007 : 6 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Link

Catalogue Pressure

I gave into a seed catalogue yesterday. It was about time, really, with all the spring-like weather we've been facing. I'd been scanning catalogues bit by bit, but the bad graphics usually turn me off, and ones with stock images don't get a

Renee : January 19th, 2007 : 4 Comments: Posted in: Veggies, Link, Seeds, Stuff, Winter

The Great Nightshade Confusion

I recently discovered that what I have been identifying as 'Deadly Nightshade' since childhood is actually 'Bittersweet Nightshade' or 'Woody Nightshade' (Solanum dulcamara). I can see where the mistake could be made in terms of similarities in their foliage but both

Gayla : January 18th, 2007 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Reviews, Link, Info, Gardening 101

Dandelion Watch

A few posts back I mentioned phenology and how the study of dandelion bloom times can be used as a soil temperature indicator. However, at the time I could not find anything online relating to the actual study and recording of these observations on a larger

Gayla : January 17th, 2007 : No Comments: Posted in: Link, Ecology

Andean Potato Farmers Fight Terminator Potatoes

A friend pointed me to this interesting article about a group of indigenous farmers in South America who are taking the multinational corporation Syngenta to task against terminator potato technology that they fear will cause extensive harm to "their region's biodiversity, culture and food sovereignty." "Peru and its

Gayla : January 16th, 2007 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link, Ecology, Food

Hamilton

On Sunday I travelled to Hamilton, Ontario to attend a number of events. The first was a book signing at a fantastic independant art supply store called "Mixed Media." I was really impressed with the store which offered so much more than art supplies including

Gayla : January 15th, 2007 : No Comments: Posted in: Link, Events, You Grow Girl

Window Shopping

I'm a sucker for email newsletters. They offer information and window shopping all in

one great big ol' job-distracting, e-mail notifying beep. So, imagine my surprise when today's Best Bets from New York Magazine was gardencentric! Granted, the suggestions are

Renee : January 15th, 2007 : 1 Comment: Posted in: Link, Pests & Disease, Stuff

Winter Growth

The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.

Amy : January 13th, 2007 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Secret Gardens

I'll be traveling to Hamilton, Ontario this Sunday to do a book signing and give two presentations at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Giving gardening presentations and workshops has become a regular part of my spring schedule yet it is something I rarely seem to

Gayla : January 12th, 2007 : 2 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Events, Gardeners, You Grow Girl

Full Disclosure

I think it's important to go against the grain of traditional gardening magazines that focus on hyper-perfect fantasy garden porn and show you that there is no shame in a less-than-perfect garden. Here is a photo of the street garden taken just last week. Keeping up with the

Gayla : January 10th, 2007 : 14 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Winter, Gayla's Gardens

Community Input on Pesticide Use

The municipality where I live is posing a question to us, the residents: How can we develop "a program to preserve human health and environmental quality, at the same time respecting the residents of the Municipality of Clarington"? I love that the word "respect" appears in this question/statement. There

Amy : January 9th, 2007 : No Comments: Posted in: Places, Link, Ecology

Don’t Plant, Do Plant

I came across this "Don't Plant a Pest" brochure put out by the California Invasive Plant Council that could be handy for those of you in the Bay Area. I like that instead of listing invasives with a stern warning against planting, they offer reasonable

Gayla : January 8th, 2007 : No Comments: Posted in: Link, Info, Ecology

Amateur Phenology

So. Ummmm. Who's a little freaked out by this crazy weather? They say Canada is totally backwards especially for an El Niño year with the west coast all wet and wild and the east unseasonably warm and snow-less. I've heard that things are also a

Gayla : January 5th, 2007 : 7 Comments: Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Seasonal, Link, Info, Ecology

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