Pawpaw
Until very recently, pawpaws have been one of those mythical fruits that I've known about for ages, but have never seen in person. Until just a few years ago I was under the mistaken impression that
Until very recently, pawpaws have been one of those mythical fruits that I've known about for ages, but have never seen in person. Until just a few years ago I was under the mistaken impression that
I bought this plant, black horehound (Ballota nigra) 'Archer's Variegated', about a month ago and just recently planted it in the ground (still in the pot) at my community plot where it will live through the
I made my first visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens about nine years ago. It was early August and the lotus flowers in both the Japanese Garden and the Chinese Garden
Turnout in the mutant vegetable competition at The Royal Winter Fair was disappointingly lackluster this year. I don't know if it was the poor weather this season, or a waning lack of interest in growing
This piece was originally published in The Globe & Mail over the weekend as a part of my series on kitchen gardening.
Regarding using burlap and burlap sacks: Just to be clear, do keep them
The other day I happened upon a store that was selling four different types of passion fruit (passiflora) simultaneously. While I have tried some of these types separately before, finding four at once posed an excellent opportunity
I like all sorts of gardens, no matter where they are made. Here are a few gardens, including a few edible plants, tucked into crumbling concrete crevices in a local alleyway (around Niagara St and Tecumseth
Let us turn our minds back four months (almost to the day by coincidence) to April of this year. Way back then, in a season that felt not so much unlike this one in many ways, what
Behold, the first of the non-cherry, indeterminate tomatoes that has reached maturity for 2009. And it's a beauty. Incidentally, I've managed to grow several ruffled tomato varieties this year purely by happenstance. Well, that and Botanical Photography by Gayla Trail
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