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Oxalis Corymbosa

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Snowdrops (Galanthus)

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No Garlic

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved I think it's time to let it go and accept the inevitable... that garlic is not going to get into the ground this year. I'm already a month late. Thankfully I predicted this would happen

Turning Towards Spring

Photo by Gayla Trail I'm writing this post today for all of you out there, who like me, have hit the cold, hard wall of Winter head-first. If success is measured by achieving an intentional purpose then this has been one of the most

Planting and Growing Garlic (Allium sativum)

garlic_hardneck.jpg Garlic Shown: Stiff-neck which tends to be hardy and stores well over the long term. Sitting down to write this, my first thoughts are to apologize for the slow down in updates recently. I consider writing to assure you that the slow down is

Forcing and Growing Colchicums - Freaky Bulbs That Are Actually Corms

Colchicum - Photo by Gayla Trail I spotted bags of Colchicums, a fall-blooming bulb plant that looks a lot like crocus, while perusing the bulb section of my local garden shop a few weeks back. I've long admired the delicate alien beauty of

Spring Blooms II

Now that we've moved into the next phase of spring -- a stable phase when the threat of a random snowfall is safely behind us and temperatures are more consistently predictable -- a new crop of blooms have begun to emerge. I've been happily carrying at least

Your Questions Answered: Forgotten Fall Bulbs

Question: I bought several cheap bags of daffodils and tulips on clearance this past December but didn’t get them into the ground on time. Spring is right around the corner, can I still plant them?

Bulb Tip Sheets

My favourite mail-order bulb folks Botanus have added a "Tip Sheets" section to their website to house PDFs with handy info on various bulb related gardening tasks. The library isn't huge as of yet, though they promise they'll be adding to it. There's a few different

Plant-Related Holiday Gifts You Can Make

I was just thinking... seems like THE HOLIDAY SEASON is here, or something. I am very good at shutting out that which I would rather not see but with the powers that be pummeling us over the head with it earlier and earlier every year, it's kinda hard

Out of My Element

Frozen RoseAs I mentioned in an earlier post about turbid water, Vancouver BC (and environs) has been subject to some serious weather lately. November brought us floods, then plenty o'snow, followed by a serious drop in temperature, more snow and now a

Garlic Lessons Learned

The only remaining bulbs I had on my list to plant for the Fall was my garlic. Planting out the garlic required a bit more preparation as I had to clean up some space in my veggie beds getting rid of finished beans, cukes and some arugula that

Grow This - Grape Hyacinth (Muscari)

Muscari - Grape Hyacinth Famous for candy-sweet cobalt blue blooms that resemble tidy clusters of pint-sized grapes, muscari is a versatile, carefree spring bloom. Pack a punch and plant bulbs in eye-catching “rivers” or clustered together in problem areas under trees and in rock

Bulbs: That Time of Year

I've yet to get to building my cold frame, and fear it might be a bit late though I'll probably still give it a whirl. Our temperatures here have been shockingly warm so far so if I hurry I may just be able to cash in with a

Reminder to Self: Plant more bulbs!

purple.jpgI've just finished putting my Spring planting bulbs from Botanus in the ground (mostly hostas and some peonies) and the ones planted last fall are at now really hitting their stride. When I made my choices last Fall I picked most of

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
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