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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

First Tomato of the Season

'Whippersnapper' tomatoes A little red and sort-of white for Canada Day courtesy of my rooftop garden. We were hoping the 'Whippersnapper' would be ripe and ready for eating by today's national holiday -- some celebrate with a two-four of beer, over-sized sparklers, and things

Cheap n’ Easy Container Idea: Succulent Window Box 2007

sedum_spurium_sm.jpg Over the years, I've made a tradition of both putting together a new succulent windowbox idea every spring, and posting about it here. Since planting up this year's box a few months ago, I've been taking photos as a prelude to a write-up

Kitazawa Seeds

kitazawa_seeds.jpg Sure we're already mid-way into the growing season but it's not too late to plant seeds and it is certainly not too late to buy seeds with pretty packaging. I found these Asian seeds by Kitazawa Seed Co. at Soko Hardware

Lettuce, More Than Just 80% Water

lettuce_black.jpg This is one of those ideas that is insanely simple yet effective. Grow a couple of lettuce varieties with pretty leaf shapes and bright colours. Put them together in a container that sets off their leaf colours or grow them in individual pots

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

Fancy Pants Pots

fiestapots.jpg I found these gorgeous, decorative pots while getting my daily plant fix the other day at Fiesta Gardens here in Toronto. (200 Christie Ave just north of Bloor). The containers on the left are metal with an embossed design while the others

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

Tomatoes Like Milk

tomatoes_basket.jpg Readers of the You Grow Girl book might recall that I love a little milk mixed with water as a tomato disease preventative. Okay, I probably didn't go so far as to indicate a "love" for the concoction but I will say

A Public Apology to the Opposum

So.... ummm... how's it going? [Hides metaphorical tail between legs.] Right. So turns out it most likely, for sure, probably, maybe wasn't you doing all that horrible damage to the tomato plants, basil, nasturtiums, pansies, tansy, succulents, etc a few weeks back. Turns
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