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A New World, And a Bold World

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Hello. Hi. Is this thing on? I'm experiencing a bit of stage fright, sitting here staring at the screen. It's been so long since I've been here. Not here as in sitting at this computer staring at the

The End of Days

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Over the weekend I stuck my head out of my hermit den long enough to notice that winter is coming. All of the signs are there, I've just been pretending not to see them. The first

Charles’ Tobacco

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved To begin, I am going to preface this entry with a note about tobacco since I know this topic is controversial and likely to ruffle some feathers. As adults we are all aware that smoking tobacco is

Mystery Tree in the Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I found an entire tree laying flat across the street garden this morning. Just, you know, laying there. How it got there or why is beyond me. Okay. Here's the thing: The garden's a mess. I have barely

A Conversation: Gardening versus Porn

vodkadude.jpg I am standing in front of a community garden taking photos when a youngish dude (I am not good at guesstimating age) holding a guitar and a large, open bottle of vodka approaches me. Him: What are you doing? Me: I'm taking pictures of these beans

Things I Learned While Camping

Photo by Davin Risk All Rights Reserved Homesteading -- the kind that involved living in tents and no machinery -- was terribly difficult. I'm sure of it. Of course I already knew this, camping merely drove that point home in a new way. Simple tasks

Gone Camping

camping.jpg We're going camping! I haven't been really, truly camping since I was a kid. As a non-driver I've never been able to get my feet wet in the world of tent pitching in the wilderness since getting out of the city into the great

Waiting for Potatoes

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved A lot of exciting things have been happening in the gardens these days. With summer fully underway I have been harvesting all sorts of goodies. There are new discoveries everyday. Yet none have garnered quite the reaction

Roof Garden, Slightly Less Chaos

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Click the image to see full-size. This is a panoramic of the roof garden taken just this week. There are a lot more plants out there then I was able to get into a composite. Unfortunately

Grazings

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved This post (I kind of hate that word to describe writing here) is going to be piecemeal, a quality that is indicative of my life right now as I float or rather scramble from one task to

All In the Family

jays_garden.jpg Yesterday I spent eleven hours helping my brother Jay become a container gardener. The original plan was to show up with a few supplies, have lunch, and spend two hours tops setting up. In and out. Back to work by 2pm.

There’s a Little Bit of Irony in My Version of Retail Therapy

plants_june5_08.jpg ... especially when it is initiated by plant loss. To be clear these plants will not be living in THAT garden. They are for my community plot and the roof. echiveria_black.jpg I spent $18.99 plus federal and provincial

Thank You

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Sakura's White Bleeding Heart in the street garden I wanted to write and thank you all for your very kind words and wishes about yesterday's post. I've been overwhelmed. Thank you. I have to admit I have

Community Plot Update (May 18, 2008)

This was going to be a much better post wherein I was going to tell you all about the goings-on in my little community garden plot, however I started writing it ten days ago and then.... well... clearly that ball was dropped. But I didn't want to

Chaos on the Roof: A Before

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Click the image to see full-size. This is what the roof looked like last Friday shortly after we had commenced project The Best and Most Ass Kicking the Roof Garden Has Ever Been, EVER 2008.

FYI - New Category

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I recently added a new category, "Gayla's Gardens" to the site archive. I'm sorry about the title, I know it's lame. Just reading that back makes me think it should be displayed in READ MORE...

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Photo by Davin Risk All Rights Reserved The garlic mustard population is really getting out-of-hand at the community garden this year. I've discovered loads of it in unused areas of disturbed, lousy soil and it is expanding rapidly into the edges around plot beds.

Having Discovered a Thirteenth…

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Right. So. Yet another reason why I can not grow edibles in the Guerilla / Street Garden. The other night we stepped outside for a walk to discover a giant patch of bright blue paint slapped

First Harvest at the Community Garden

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved We popped over for a quick mini-visit to the community garden yesterday afternoon. I wanted to bring some kitchen scraps to add to the compost bin on our way to have lunch and run errands.

It Turns Out That While Not Fatal, This Particular Disease Can Not Be Cured

pansies_darks.jpg I bought another box of pansies yesterday. This new batch falls primarily within a blacks, dark purples and reds colour palette. Some are frilly. In case you are interested they are as follows: 'Panola Fire,' 'Imperial Antique Shades,' 'Frizzle Sizzle Mix'
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