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Blackened Tansy Seed Heads

Tansy While out on the Leslie Street Spit this past holiday weekend, I noticed that most of the tansy flower heads were turning black. I don't grow tansy in any of my gardens and have never observed this detail while out walking the railroad

Inside My Tool Bag - October 2007

pinktoolbag.jpg My favourite tool bag at my community garden plot, October 4, 2007. I forgot to bring a harvest bag and had to cram everything into the top of the tool bag. I'm currently harvesting lots of dandelion greens for boiling

Harvested: Borage, Onions, Garlic

harvest_garliconions.jpg I just returned from my community garden plot where I harvested a ton of onions, garlic, and borage. They were all overflowing in the plot and some needed to be sacrificed for the good of the garden and future harvests. The garlic

My Freaking Awesome Plant - Patchouli

Guest Post by Amy Urquhart amy_patchouli.jpg The first time I saw a patchouli plant was at my friend Sarah’s house. She had one growing in a large, enamel pot alongside an eggplant, and I admired it right away. The leaves were a

Sun Tea

Sun Tea The heat has been oppressive around here over the past few days but since I am such a glass half-full person (uh huh) I choose to overlook the stink of my fellow bus passengers and the inability to breath air, and instead turn

Lemon Mint: Neither Lemony or Minty Yet Still Pretty Darn Good

Monarda citriodora Speaking of mint, check out the unique and gorgeous flowers on the 'Lemon Mint' plant. I purchased this particular variety as an impulse buy in early spring when herbs were 3 or 4 for $10 and I couldn't steer my

An Abundance of Mints

Mints There are roughly five mint varieties in this bouquet including clockwise from top right: Chocolate mint, Pear mint, Ginger mint, Lemon Mint (with the crazy flowers), and Mojito mint (not seen). Mint has got to be the most abundant herb in the garden and as

Four Types of Sage

salviaofficinalis.jpg Yesterday afternoon I brought home a first harvest from the four different kinds of hardy sage (Salvia officinalis) I've got growing at the community garden. It's not much, just a handful of clippings that I pinched off to make the plants grow bushier

Sale Season is Starting

sage_buckfifty.jpg I picked up this gorgeous and awesomely huge sage plant for a buck fifty a few days ago. Okay sure I already have more sage than I can shake a stick at but you know how it is.... It was so big and

Herb Fair 2007

herbfair2007_1.jpg Aka The Great Yearly Event in Which I Grant Myself Permission to Pig Out on More Herbs Than You Can Shake a Stick At. I went. I smelled. Money left my wallet. I went home with an allergy attack and a cart

Cheap n’ Easy Container Idea - Chive Basin

chivecontainer1.jpg If you're looking for a hardy herb that will produce a harvest all season-long, and can withstand just about anything you can throw at it then look no further than chives. I've been growing this wash basin of chives for so many years

Nettle Soup

nettlesoup.jpg In the spirit of Be Nice to Nettles Week, we tried our hand at a batch of nettle soup using the site recipe as a basis. Let me tell you that a half pound of nettles is a whole lot more

Be Nice to Nettles Week

I first discovered stinging nettle one day while book shopping on Harbord Street, a popular used book area of Toronto. One of the stores had a selection of herbs sitting out front. Anyone who knows me knows I am a sucker for herbs and am impulsive

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

Unkillable Herb: Broadleaf Thyme

Loads of gardening articles and books proclaim that it is easy to grow herbs indoors however it is my experience, and I bet it's yours too, that most herbs are fine during the summer months but many take a real beating towards the last half of winter.

Winter Growth

The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.

Where to Get Dandelion Seeds

I posted back in October about my new-found culinary interest in dandelion greens and a few of you have been writing to ask where I got the seeds. In my case the dandelions have been coming up all on their own in my commuity garden.

Reflections on Where I Am

Since moving to Nelson I've discovered many things, not only about small towns, but also just about living in a climate that is pretty much smack dab in the middle of where I grew up, and where I've been living the past five years. I also have no land.

The Eggling Experiment

Eggling I know that this cute little product has made the rounds in the design and gardening world so I know I'm probably not showing you anything new. I have been resisting the charm of the Eggling since I first heard of them

Falling in Love with Grassland

I am finally accepting the fact that winter is coming and I had better enjoy fall (despite all of this horrible rain) while it lasts. One of the gifts gardening has given me is the ability to look at the landscape and plantlife around me with new
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