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Qualifies as the Strangest Thing Buried By a Squirrel

I spent Saturday doing hardcore gardening work including prepping the fire-escape windowboxes for planting. On Sunday afternoon I purchased a few plants for the boxes and decided to get them planted up rather than wait for additional plants. Check out what I found buried by our

First Harvest of the Season

firstharvest.jpg You can't beat an early spring harvest courtesy of cold-hardy perennials. I've barely done anything in the garden and I'm already raking in the food stuffs! Clockwise from top right: Onions, dandelion greens, garlic chives, chives, lemon balm. These chives have been growing in a

12 Reasons Why I Don’t Grow Edibles in My Street Garden

allium_blue.jpg When I started digging what would eventually become the street garden I had no idea that it would evolve into a social and scientific experiment. People often ask me if I grow food in this garden. The following twelve points should clear

Tomatoes to Grow in Containers (or anywhere else for that matter)

Lots of tomatoes.  Grown on my rooftop in containers. Since I have begun talking about seeds and showing photos of my little seedlings, people have been writing in to ask me what I'm growing. I have been purposefully avoiding saying too much about

Midnight in the Garden

garden.jpg ...of garbage and urine. Click on the picture to see it large. I took this photo of my street garden late one night in late fall. It was taken using a swing lens panoramic camera. The tall plant with the large,

Full Disclosure

I think it's important to go against the grain of traditional gardening magazines that focus on hyper-perfect fantasy garden porn and show you that there is no shame in a less-than-perfect garden. Here is a photo of the street garden taken just last week. Keeping up with the

Late Season Gardening — Party Time, Excellent.

Despite the cold -- and the fact that we experienced a brief and light snowfall this afternoon -- outdoor gardening is still happening here in Toronto. I am yet to put any of my gardens to bed. The side garden is fine really. Doing a

‘Chinese Five Colour’ Hot Peppers

'Chinese Five Color' Hot Pepper At a Toronto area You Grow Girl meetup last week we discussed our gardening successes and disappointments of the last year. Beth, a rooftop container gardener mentioned that she was most disappointed by her container-grown 'Chinese Five Colour' (or

Feed Them to Assorted Mammalian Creatures

Eggplant Carnage My first response is a loud string of expletives followed by a very long and drawn, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" tomato_bite.jpg 'Black Cherry' tomato with chunk extraction. Oh the humanity. A mysterious mammalian creature has been visiting the rooftop deck and taking nibbles out

Can’t Stop the Tomatillo!

In an effort to grow new-to-me determinant tomato varieties, I completely forgot to grow tomatillos this year. By the time I realized my mistake it was too late to start tomatillos from seed and none of my favorite local transplant suppliers were growing them. I'm

Growing More-erer Food

Because I am afflicted with the disease commonly known as "Can't-Walk-Past-Plants, Most-Especially-Plants-on-Sale"-itis and because an entire kitchen garden that was non-existent a few days ago doesn't seem to be enough today; I done went and bought me some pathetic-looking transplants. But wait, they were only fifty cents!

Project “Grow More Food”

It's time for me to face the cold, hard truth; my plot at The Parkdale Community Beer Garden is officially crap for growing veggies. With every new year I have found that while my soil continues to improve, the light on my tiny plot has been slowly

Feed Them to the Squirrels

Gardening is all about experimentation and adaptability. You can try and lock down a "method" but nature has its own ideas. Every gardening season is different for one reason or another. Often times it's large and subtle differences in the weather. Some years it's a

Gardening & Deck Design - Gardening with Gayla Trail

- From: Gardening & Deck Design (Summer 06) gardeninganddeck.jpg "My concept of what's possible as far as gardening goes is pretty open ended," says Gayla Trail, who grows edibles and ornamentals on a roof deck, in a strip of city-owned property at the side of her

Succulent Window Box 2006

Growing succulents in the windowbox on the fire escape portion of my rooftop garden has become a tradition -- most likely because they are just about the only plants that can survive the intense sun, heat, and drought. The deck is fully exposed to all sorts of

Canadian House & Home - Groundbreakers Profile

- From: Canadian House & Home (May 2006 - Green Issue) canadianhouse.jpg "Ripe with tips and anecdotes geared towards the urban gardener, the book is an offshoot of her flourishing website yougrowgirl.com, where a growing community of gardeners share inspiration and advice."

Phase 1 Complete

Phase 1 of "Project Deck Garden 2006" was enacted yesterday afternoon. It was inspired by a sunny day and a headache that wouldn't quit, which not surprisingly, was abated after a few hours in the fresh air. I won't bore you with the details as Phase

There’s Some Livin’ Going On

We've been experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures here in Toronto which have pushed me to get out and do some early-season garden work. I can't recall being this eager to get gardening but I suspect that I am always this excited, it's just the lapse of time between

Everything’s Gone Massive

The more I garden the more clearly I understand that gardening is a continuous learning process. The last few years have been excellent reminders of that. Last year's weather was unseasonably grey, cool, and wet and I had to adjust and strategise to work within those

Did I Mention It’s Hot?

This has been the hottest, driest summer I can remember in a while. It has been raining around the perimeter of the city on a fairly regular basis, however it has been dry as a bone in my area since June 13! The weather has
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