The Real Dirt: Globe & Mail Kitchen Gardening Column
I’m excited to announce that I will be writing a seasonal edible gardening column for The Globe & Mail that will be published most Saturdays in the Style/Life Section of the paper from now until fall. The first, introductory article was published today and is available for free viewing for a limited time on The Globe & Mail website.
It’s not too late to get started growing an edible summer bounty!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
That’s so awesome!!!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Oh, fantastic, Gayla. Congratulations!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Congratulations, that’s great.
May 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Congratulations Gayla!
May 10th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Congratulations! Wonder if any of our Australian libraries has a subscription…
May 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Congratulations Gayla! Most exciting.
May 10th, 2009 at 8:26 am
awesome! and you look hot!
May 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hooray!! Congrats!
May 10th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Congratulations! =B0)
May 11th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Congratulations! I’m so excited for you! I look forward to reading your column! I’m really happy that the word is spreading about backyard farming.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Gayla - very exciting and I enjoyed your article. I’m starting some containers this summer to teach my 2 year old where food comes from… we always had a garden growing up (my parents still do) so I couldn’t imagine my daughter not having the same benefits. Hopefully others with kiddies pick up on this in your article too!
May 11th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Excellent! I am a regular G&M reader, but live in the sticks. Will your column always appear in the online edition as well?
May 11th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Excellent! I am a regular online G&M reader, but live in the sticks. Will your column always appear in the online edition as well?
May 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Great news, congrats!
May 12th, 2009 at 9:17 am
CONGRATULATIONS!
I’m in the states, but I’m definitely going to following along!
I’m such a big fan. Since reading your column, I’ve started vermicomposting and my first vegetable garden. I owe my first harvest you you! Kale, lettuce, swiss chard, lemon cucumbers, sweet dakota rose watermelon, black krim tomatotes, and zapotec tomatoes!!
I’m so excited– even if I do have to brave suburban hoodlums (racoons)!
Best,
phd
May 12th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Thanks so much for all of your warm wishes.
phd: We’ve got 2 raccoon visitors this year.
Erin: I think it will be online when it is published in the paper, but I believe they archive the online material after a certain # of weeks.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am
just finished reading your first column very interesting overview .i know you’ll be getting into more detail and specific’s in future column’s.look forward to reading more (online i hope as we don’t get The Globe and Mail).
May 12th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
*LOL* Your Globe coverage beats mine by a long shot!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
What a great article! This article, plus my boyfriend reminding me that I sounded depressed every time I talked about not starting a garden this year, made me realized that I needed my garden. I grow one every year, usually a few herbs, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and peppers. I had decided to skip this year because of several reasons that don’t seem so powerful right now.
I read this article a couple of days ago. I got a tomato plant yesterday–yes, just one, silly I know, but I fell so good when I look at it. I also planted golden thyme, rosemary, and started some spinach and lettuce on my windowsill. I know is not much, but it’s mine and I love it!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Gayla,
I love your approach to gardening and your “anyone can do it anywhere” attitude. I am sending a link to your website to my daughter who moved to TO from Vancouver last year and has to live in an apartment. Fortunately it has a balcony where she can grow stuff in pots.
Just one small request: dont call soil “dirt”.
May 18th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Donna: Yes, I do know the difference, and yes, I do know that soil is “proper”; however, I’m sorry but I reserve the right to continue to use “dirt.”
May 20th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Loving your weekly column… Congratulations on landing an excellent gig!
June 1st, 2009 at 5:47 am
I followed a link to your site from garden rant and am I ever glad. I like what you have to say and how you say it. Congratulations on your newspaper gig. I hope they appreciate what they’ve landed. I almost cancelled my subscription to our local (Virginia) paper 6 years ago when the garden writer “decided” to stop. I started reading online news, then blogs, as “our” paper further declined. Sunday’s paper went from the wraper to the recycling bin with barely a glance. If newspapers truely cover local events, as they claim to do, a good garden column is essential. Don’t know how things are in your neck of the woods, but down here box stores seem to dictate what gets in the news.