You Grow Girl™

I have already stated that I don't care for the Holidays, and yet there are a few staples that I do enjoy: cooking and eating good food, making bath products for friends, super tacky over-the-top decoration, and

Greetings from the hermit's nest where I am working feverishly, both figuratively and unfortunately quite literally through what I can only describe as a marathon of deadlines. This summer has revolved 100% around gardening and food, a

I came upon this shopping cart planter the other day while riding my bike along College Street here in Toronto. The planter sits outside a restaurant located at the corner of College and Clinton, perched up high

I was invited to an apartment warming at my brother's newish place the other night and since I had already treated him to a whole new garden, hereby known as "The Gift That Covers Me Off

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.

Mint has got to be one of the easiest plants to grow. Just plop it into some reasonably rich soil in a reasonably sunny spot and watch it take over. Evidence of its opportunistic habit probably

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.

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

During the spring and summer months I grow indeterminant tomatoes (large, vine plants) in large garbage bins like this one purchased for $10 each a number of years ago at the local Ikea. The flat grey colour has faded significantly over the years but

Proudly cradling the basil harvested from my community garden plot. Varieties include: 'African Blue', 'Purple Ruffles', 'Sweet Basil', 'Genovese', 'Columnar', 'Spicy Globe', 'Mrs. Burns Lemon Basil', 'Dark Opal', and 'Pesto Perpetuo' (a variegated variety). I reluctantly harvested the remaining basil plants from my community garden