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Innocence Lost

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Remember a few months back when I said something like, "Let's stop using war mongering language against the critters?" I can't locate it on the site, but I know I said it. Somewhere. To someone. Was it you? That

Wasp Invasion!

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I haven't noticed it to be quite the exaggerated horror film some are saying, but apparently Toronto is in the midst of a yellow jacket population explosion. The increase is thought to be the result of the

Slugs and Snails: A Paradox

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Why is it that I can crush a slug underfoot, albeit with some trepidation? But when it comes to snails, forget it. They are carefully transferred to another area away from my lettuce and kale. I'll let a

Currant Worm on My Gooseberries

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved These gooseberries aren't from my garden, although judging by the chewed up state of its leaves I'd hazard a guess that they have suffered a similar plight. A week or two back, what was supposed to be

Your Questions Answered: Tomato Thieves

Question: We always love your articles and website. Keep it up!! In this past weekend article on tomatoes, you didn’t answer the burning question…what did your brother do about the squirrels??????? They have already chomped the small tomatoes that were forming on our one plant and I know

Baby Spiders!

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved It's like the wild animal kingdom around here lately. We discovered dozens of these newly hatched garden spiders (Argiope aurantia) crawling all over the sides of the compost bin at the community garden the other day.

Mantis Watch 2009: HATCHED!

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I woke up this morning to the news that the mantids had begun hatching from the egg case (aka ootheca) and were filling up that little bag. I honestly didn't think it was going

Mantis Watch 2009

Photo by Gayla Trail All Rights Reserved As previously mentioned, I bought a praying mantis egg case at the Parkdale Horticultural Society Plant Sale the other day. It's not exactly the most effective form of pest prevention in the garden for a few reasons:

Who Done It?

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved Look who showed up looking for lunch while I was out on the roof taking photos yesterday afternoon. He had absolutely no fear whatsoever. I could have reached out and touched him. I yelled and stomped

First Casualty of the Season

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved ... a 'Black Brandywine' tomato taken before its time was up by an unknown mammalian critter. This kind of thing is like a right-of-passage for food gardeners. Unless you're gardening in a sterile bubble, you have probably
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