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Transplant Trade 2009

transplanttrade09.jpg I attended a transplant trade this weekend. I arrived at the trade with two trays of plants and returned home with only one. Success! I exercised a lot of restraint this time around and did not succumb to any descriptions of beautiful tomatoes

Gardening Lessons My Grandmother Taught Me (Unintentionally)

scylla_40.jpg I wrote this piece back in February for The Guardian UK, and am now posting it here in its entirety as promised. You can read my preface to it here. My gardener’s story is atypical. There were no childhood summers frolicking in the garden of a rosy-cheeked matriarch eager to pass on a passion for growing things; however, there was, in fact, a grandmother—a woman who for better or worse certainly left an impression. A woman who taught me about gardening without meaning to, possibly even in spite of herself.

She Never Met a Cactus She Didn’t Like

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved The title is a quote from this video. No truer words have been spoken. Spring must be in the air because I bought two cactus plants this week. The first is some kind of barrel

Cactus Bokeh

cactus_bokeh.jpg During our trip to Austin, Texas last week, Ted Forbes, a fellow photo and design geek, drove out to Austin to go on a photo safari. After a series of snafus (mostly my fault), we ended up driving out to Hamilton

On My Gardening Bookshelves

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I recently did an interview with Mari Malcolm of the Amazon blog about the garden books I keep on my own bookshelf. It was a fun interview to do. I love, love, love books and

Personal Histories

Phew, that was fast. I put the finishing touches on an article late last night and it is already up on the Guardian website. This one, about the relationship between myself and my maternal grandmother is a bit more personal than usual and I am still

CUBA!

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I'm back! I'm covered in mosquito bites. Itchy. I'm sunburned. Also itchy. I'm feeling much more alive and functional than I was before I left, although my brain is also super scrambled from the complexity of this

The Last Post for 2008

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved It's that time of year again. I'm supposed to write some kind of rundown of the year highlighting the ups and downs. Look to the future. Make resolutions. Count my blessings. Recap events. Write some kind

Book: A Tale of 12 Kitchens by Jake Tilson

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I bought "A Tale of 12 Kitchens" by artist and designer Jake Tilson just over a year ago and have been trying to find a reason to write about it on the site ever since.

Gifts for Gardeners (To Make): Music to Garden To

Remember mixed tapes? The format is all but dead but I'm still keeping a tape player on hand and have hoarded a box full that were given as friendship letters from loved ones over a decade ago when it was still our favourite way to say we cared.
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