Skip to content
Get the Feed

Category: 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

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

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

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,

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.

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

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

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...

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

Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006

I know this isn't exactly about gardening, but it is about a fellow avid gardener who passed away earlier this week. I don't know how many people know of Jane Jacobs, myself having studied human geography and urban planning in university, she is one of my idols.
Get the Feed

DAILY BOTANICAL

Photo by Gayla Trail  All Rights Reserved

ARCHIVES BY DATE

May 2008
M T W T F S S
« Apr    
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  

JOIN THE NEWSLETTER