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So we were supposed to be in Cuba last week over the Holidays however our plane left without us, 11 hours prior to the originally scheduled departure time. Who has ever heard of such a thing? I certainly haven't but can tell you

Allow me to introduce to you yet another alternative to the Christmas Tree. A few weeks back I bought this tiny $3.00 string of miniature LED lights meant for creating miniature Winter Wonderlands. I have a thing for miniatures that stems from repeated

I know that time is getting tight now as the Holiday Season kicks into gear but I wanted to be sure and mention some gifts to make if you're coming up dry on ideas for the gardener friend in your life. A lot of these ideas use

I watched "Everything's Cool" yesterday afternoon, hot on the heels of the UN conference on climate change held in Bali last week where my country was globally humiliated ONCE AGAIN by our Prime Minister's refusal to support a new climate change agreement -- an action supported by the rest of the planet, excluding our neighbours to the south.

- American Horticultural Society (November/December 2007 - Volume 86, Number 6) I was interviewed a few month back for an article on gardening blogs entitled, "Virtual Gardening in the Blogosphere" by Doug Green. I will admit that it's been only about eight months since I began to

All photos by Derek Powazek I first came across the work of Derek Powazek online about 10 years ago when I was working as a graphic designer in the interactive department of The Place That Shall Not Be Named. Derek's retired online

I took this photo back in October (Is it really very nearly the end of the year already?) on our trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, I can not recall which plant this is. I might have known what it was when

I've been collecting patches, specifically vintage Girl Guide merit badges with a nature or craft theme for years and figured it was about time I actually, you know, did something with them short of keeping them in a box. It's a nice box

Just a reminder that the deadline for the 2007 Warm Winter Wear Drive is approaching this week. Be sure to get your stuff in the mail before the deadline. I will wait a few days for any stragglers but please let

Non-fiction The Curious Gardener's Almanac: Centuries of Practical Garden Wisdom By Nial Edworthy ©2007 Perigee When I first sat down to review The Curious Gardener's Almanac by Nial Edworthy I began in the most logical place, the introduction. I was immediately smitten.