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‘Black Pear’ Tomato

Black Pear Tomato I would love to bring you more hard-core gardening experience type information but I am completely emersed in the harvest season and relishing the fruits of my labour. I just ate lunch -- a fried egg sandwich on spelt toast with
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Gayla : August 22nd, 2006 : 13 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Containers, Info

Fall Gardening What-For

As fall approaches, its time to get the second bed going. This time the focus will be on leafy greens, lettuces, bulby plants like garlic and onions, beets and other tasty roots, cabbages and their cousins, and maybe some beans. There are lots of
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Renee : August 7th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Seasonal, Link, Info, Seeds

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
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Gayla : June 20th, 2006 : 12 Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Seasonal, Pests & Disease, Info, Gayla's Gardens

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
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Gayla : June 7th, 2006 : 9 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Containers, Info, Gardening 101, Gayla's Gardens

Promoting Composting

A little while ago I was wandering around the City of Vancouver's website, specifically the parks and engineering services sections. Seems a little bizzare, I know, but I then happened upon this website. Apparently the City of Vancouver in their effort to cut back waste,
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Kelly : May 31st, 2006 : 9 Comments
Posted in: Places, Link, Info

The Bubblegum Pansy

The Bubble Gum Pansy 3 out of 3 taste testers confirm, this variety of "fancy" pansy tastes like bubble gum. We will even go so far as to identify the very specific flavour of Bazooka Joe gum that has been chewed for too long.
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Gayla : May 29th, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Info

Botany Photo of the Day

The cool kids at the UBC Botanical Gardens have started up a botany photo blog! The structure of the blog is a plant photo a day, with accompanying info, links and resources. They've already passed their 400th post so there's a bevvy of botanical info stuffed into
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Emira : May 11th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Link, Info

Plant Shall Eat Plant

Make Herb Tea Fertilizer Did you know you can make liquid fertilizer for your plants using other plants? Sounds like floral cannibalism but it's not unlike compost when you think about it. Some plants are high in particular nutrients which can be extracted in the same way
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Gayla : May 8th, 2006 : 13 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Info, Gardening 101, Foraging

Carrots on your rooftop

Yesterday I was perusing cnn.com for some news and came across a story about how rooftop gardening is becoming more popular here in the U.S. I know that in some European countries, especially Germany, this is quite common. I remember listening to a READ MORE...
Christina : April 30th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Link, Info, Ecology

Plant Sales - Mark Your Calendars

I hate to be so Toronto-centric but there are a number of local and very good plant sales coming up that ya'll should know about. They're more bang for your buck, the experience is fun, and often times the haul is of better quality than your typical
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Gayla : April 29th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Link, Info, Gardening 101, Events
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