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Awaiting

I wish there was something wonderful and exciting for me to report, but alas, there's only something I feel is wonderful and exciting to half-report. I feel the spring in the air, and white the other side of the continent from me is frozen, dreary, and covered in snow,
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Kelly : February 17th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Deep Thoughts

Toasty Pot Coaster

Like many apartments mine boasts poorly insulated windows and baseboard electric heating. Yep, it's a keeper. With the weather being in the high My Ass is About to Fall Offs I've been scheming ingenius ways to keep the plants that are stuck enduring their fate on
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Gayla : February 16th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Projects, Houseplants, Art/Craft

Is It Springtime Yet?

ophiopogon.jpg You know you're suffering some major mid-winter gardening itch when you set out to spend a few minutes on a sunny Sunday morning bathing orchids and watering African violets... and then the next thing you know 4 HOURS have passed!! In
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Gayla : February 11th, 2007 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Houseplants

Kitchen Birds

One of our cat's favourite things these days is to hover around the sliding glass door in our kitchen and chatter at the birds that feed outside that door. Although I didn't see any birds this morning, I could hear them outside the house somewhere, and Farley
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Amy : February 8th, 2007 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal

Growing Independent Media

This is not at all related to gardening but as this site is about to hit its seventh anniversary early next month (I no longer have a record of the exact day but Feb 2000 was the launch), today's cover story in local Toronto weekly Eye
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Gayla : January 25th, 2007 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Link, Deep Thoughts

The 6th Street and Ave B Community Garden, NYC

I recently returned from a short trip to New York City. This was a purely personal trip so despite the cold I did what I love best, wandering the streets with my camera. My favourite part of the city is The Lower East Side, The East
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Gayla : January 24th, 2007 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Places, Link, Photography

Something Green

When I happened upon Maggie Mason's Nesting Terrariums over at MightyGirl the other day in a fit of blog catch-up I breathed a bit sigh of lovely. Something green. Finally. My gardnerself has been withering under the nasty weather we've had on the west-coast of Canada
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Emira : January 19th, 2007 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Link

The Great Nightshade Confusion

Bittersweet Nightshade I recently discovered that what I have been identifying as 'Deadly Nightshade' since childhood is actually 'Bittersweet Nightshade' or 'Woody Nightshade' (Solanum dulcamara). I can see where the mistake could be made in terms of similarities in their foliage but both
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Gayla : January 18th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Reviews, Link, Info, Gardening 101

Winter Growth

The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.
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Amy : January 13th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Secret Gardens

I'll be traveling to Hamilton, Ontario this Sunday to do a book signing and give two presentations at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Giving gardening presentations and workshops has become a regular part of my spring schedule yet it is something I rarely seem to
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Gayla : January 12th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Events, Gardeners, You Grow Girl
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