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Garden Update: Side Garden and Deck

This week has been a frenzy of cleaning, selecting plants and planting. As hard as I try, I've got perpetual dirt-under-the-nails. I should have thought to take a picture to show what I mean. gayla_garden_june05.jpg I haven't been up to much in
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Gayla : June 3rd, 2005 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Gayla's Gardens

New York Updates - Day One

There has been lots of excitment here in You Grow Girl land so I'll start with updating my trip to New York and work from there. But before I do I am proud to announce that the You Grow Girl book has gone for a second
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Gayla : June 1st, 2005 : Comments Off
Posted in: Places, Events, Press, You Grow Girl

New York Events

I'll be travelling to New York City next week to promote the book. Note that a 3rd event has been added to the bottom: BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! At GRDN Thursday, May 19th 6pm to 9pm Cocktails, live music and hands-on gardening demonstrations. Where: 103 Hoyt Street, between Atlantic Ave and Pacific
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Gayla : May 17th, 2005 : Comments Off
Posted in: Places, Events, You Grow Girl

Parkdale Horticultural Society Plant Sale 2005

Another May, another act of gluttony at the Parkdale Horticultural Society plant sale. Okay perhaps there was slightly less gluttony on my part this year -- arriving late always helps since the good stuff goes in a matter of minutes. But I just can't help myself
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Gayla : May 14th, 2005 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Seasonal, Containers, Info

Seedlings’ Big Day!

There comes a time in every seedling’s life when it must leave the safety of the nest for the cold, harsh world outside. Now, I’ve been reluctant to get to this point, having been sufficiently scarred from last year’s fiasco, where monsoon rains rolled in EVERY TIME I
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Tasha : May 10th, 2005 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies

May!

Gayla has been kind enough to let me in on the plant journal action, thanks! So, to update, I went with some friends down to the VanDusen plant sale last weekend. Meet my new little friends, and some old ones! plants.JPG A new
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Ariane : May 4th, 2005 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal

April!

This month will go down as the wackiest April in recent memory. We had some unseasonably warm days followed by a handful of cold, grey, wet days. Yesterday was sunny one minute, and literally hailing ice pellets the next! Thankfully I did manage to set
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Gayla : April 29th, 2005 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal

I’m in love, I’m in love!

I’m sure some of you know that feeling, when you just can’t pull your eyes away, and you feel the constant need to touch and stroke and caress. Marveling at the beauty and perfection that belongs to you and only you, that needs you as much as you
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Tasha : April 28th, 2005 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Info, Seeds

Sanctuary in the City

I will be one of four women speaking on the topic of "Sanctuary in the City" this weekend at The Toronto Botanical Gardens. From the website: Ultimate Gardening Workshop: Sanctuary in the City Virginia Burt, Gayla Trail, Ann Hagedorn, Karen Michaud. As city dwellers, we long for an escape from the
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Gayla : April 12th, 2005 : Comments Off
Posted in: Places, Events, You Grow Girl

I built my first garden!!!! (well, sort of my first)

I bought a house (my first house-- yea, strong independent women buying their own houses!) in November, moved in December 6th, and am now getting to, for the very first time, build a garden that is mine... Now, the "for the first time" is sort of a misnomer,
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Amanda : April 10th, 2005 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal
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