You Grow Girl™

Hello, my name is Schleprock, and I have the amazing ability to effect major climatic shifts in the environment. All I have to do is decide to go nutty with tomato growing, start hundreds of plants from seed, nurture and coddle them until they're ready to go outside....and

I?ve decided June 1 is New Year?s Day at least when it comes to gardening. It certainly doesn?t make much sense to go with January 1. In June I can get outside, take some action and not indulge in any whimsy. For whimsy and wishful thinking have ruled the

Wow! It's been a long time! I guess a lot has happened in 6 months. Or maybe not since it is quite possible that I have forgotten what I wanted to write about. Anyway...we had a pretty mild winter and about 20 seconds of snow.

Usually around this time of year I just start buzzing with anticipation. Hell, usually I'd have my containers/plot ready, my seeds already being sprouted, and I'd be making my first trips to the greenhouse to get some early-blooming plants. This year, however, I find myself it a very

What's the first thing you do? For me it's pruning the roses. I know this should really be thought of as part of last year's gardening, but it's the first time-critical job that comes up after Christmas. Usually a couple of months

Last Saturday I attended the Seedy Saturday event here in Toronto. The turnout seemed to have grown since last year and of course so did my purchases. Where I will be gardening this year is up in the air so I have tried to hold back