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A Five Minute Break

A consortium of French environmental groups called L’Alliance pour la Planète / The Alliance for the Planet are calling for as many people as possible to turn out their lights and shut off all electrical appliances for 5 minutes today. This action is meant to acknowledge
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Gayla : February 1st, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology

If You Can, Plant a Garden

I really hate to get all gooey and girly and squeee here because it's very embarassing and unbecoming but holy cow how much do I love Michael Pollan. I believe you have to be a subscriber to read it, but take a look at this article
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Gayla : January 29th, 2007 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology, Food, Deep Thoughts

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

Dandelion Watch

A few posts back I mentioned phenology and how the study of dandelion bloom times can be used as a soil temperature indicator. However, at the time I could not find anything online relating to the actual study and recording of these observations on a larger
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Gayla : January 17th, 2007 : No Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology

Andean Potato Farmers Fight Terminator Potatoes

A friend pointed me to this interesting article about a group of indigenous farmers in South America who are taking the multinational corporation Syngenta to task against terminator potato technology that they fear will cause extensive harm to "their region's biodiversity, culture and food sovereignty." "Peru and its
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Gayla : January 16th, 2007 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Link, Ecology, Food

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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