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Mutant Veggies at the Fall Fair

A friend and I attended The Royal, Toronto's big city attempt at a country fall fair. I was unable to make it over the last few years and forgot how good it is. Fall fairs are like cultural anthropology that happens close to home. There's
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Gayla : November 6th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Events

Fall Clean Up: Perfect Timing

This may not seem as remarkable to those of you currently outside of the South Coast of our Canadian shores, but I managed to get in a good three hours of garden clean up this weekend and not get soaking wet. This my friends, almost defies the laws
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Emira : November 6th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Link

Container Garden Clean-up

Today was a dry and mild reprieve from the awful cold, wet and sometimes windy late fall weather we've been enduring here in Southern Ontario -- a good day to do some garden work. I have found frozen water in the trays underneath the containers on the
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Gayla : November 5th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Containers, Info, Gardening 101

Does Not Contain Spinach

nospinach.jpg Oh man. I don't know what to make of the level of paranoia we've reached about the recent spinach/ecoli outbreak that has compelled Epic Roots, grower and distributor of mache to go this far in disassociating their product from the maligned
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Gayla : November 3rd, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Link, Food

Fall garden update

Sorry for being MIA the last little while! I got caught up with finishing my Masters over the summer months (what a way to spend the summer!), and am finally kind of getting things back in order now that it's finished... One of the things on
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Ariane : October 25th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Seasonal, Pests & Disease

Falling in Love with Grassland

I am finally accepting the fact that winter is coming and I had better enjoy fall (despite all of this horrible rain) while it lasts. One of the gifts gardening has given me is the ability to look at the landscape and plantlife around me with new
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Gayla : October 25th, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Seasonal, Info, Ecology, Photography

Garlic Lessons Learned

The only remaining bulbs I had on my list to plant for the Fall was my garlic. Planting out the garlic required a bit more preparation as I had to clean up some space in my veggie beds getting rid of finished beans, cukes and some arugula that
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Emira : October 23rd, 2006 : 8 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Info, Gardening 101, Food, Bulbs

Bulbs: That Time of Year

I've yet to get to building my cold frame, and fear it might be a bit late though I'll probably still give it a whirl. Our temperatures here have been shockingly warm so far so if I hurry I may just be able to cash in with a
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Emira : October 17th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Link, Fall, Bulbs

Grinding Herbs

Today I got around to grinding up my dried herbs. Why? Because I found a great deal on a coffee bean grinder at Loblaws...$9.99! It worked really well. Each weekend lately I've been harvesting from the garden whatever edibles I can. I managed to bring
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Amy : October 15th, 2006 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Seasonal, Link, Food

Flowering Stevia

Stevia rebaudiana Unbelievable! My stevia plant is flowering! I brought my large stevia plant indoors about a month ago. We have had a very cold, wet Fall in Toronto which does not bode well with the delicate nature of stevia. I have learned
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Gayla : October 14th, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Seasonal, Link, Houseplants, Info
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