All In the Family
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. 
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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
... 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.
I spent $18.99 plus federal and provincial Thank You
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 The One Where I Got My Heart Broken, Again
The street garden has been significantly damaged again, this time by a painter my landlord hired to paint a so-called mural on the wall. He had to have the mural done to save the garden from "graffiti peoples", he told me in a letter left in my
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
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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. Yoga for Gardeners
Spring is such a high-impact time in the garden that I figure this yoga series geared towards the aches and pains caused by repetitive physical activity in the garden just might be in order for a good many of us today.
Too bad they don't have a
FYI - New Category
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)
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. Food Gardening is on the Rise
More and more publications are reporting on the changing tide towards growing our own food, most especially in urban areas. This is something I can sense with my own eyes and ears as more and more community gardens crop up in every city I visit, and as
