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Roses are Fussy!

Who knew!?! But seriously. Our house came with a number of lovely roses of different varieties. Some traditional pink, very fragrant lovely ones in the front, two of what I believe are dog roses also in front beds and a very prolific climbing rose on the back fence. READ MORE...
Emira : May 29th, 2006 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Link, Pests & Disease

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

Purple Plum Radishes

Purple Plum Radish I harvested my first batch of 'Purple Plum' radishes this evening from the rooftop garden. I'm growing them in an old wine crate alongside greens. Wine Crate Filled with Greens and Radishes Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly
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Gayla : May 27th, 2006 : 8 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies

A Tale of Two Lettuces

Two sets of lettuce seeds sown at the same time; the first grown under a plastic take-out container "cloche", the second grown without. gayla_lettuce_cloche.jpg With Cloche gayla_lettuce1.jpg Without Cloche Lettuce growing underneath a cloche Here it is with the cloche
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Gayla : May 24th, 2006 : 10 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Containers, Seeds

They Were Right

"Invasive" does, in fact mean, well, "invasive". I'm always curious when I buy a new plant labelled as invasive, just how invasive can it be, really? That one little starter plant can't really get to be that big in one season, can it? Besides the usual mints,
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Amy : May 21st, 2006 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Link, Propagation

Perennial Delight

I survived the UBC Botanical Gardens Perinneal Plant Sale and have lived to tell the tale. It could not possibly have been a lovelier day for it, and I had a fabulous time even if I did end up leaving with only half of the things on my
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Emira : May 16th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Link, Events

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

Richter’s 2006

The mere mention of the word "Richter's" to my step-mom, Heather, this afternoon meant we were going on a short road trip! It took about a half hour for us to get there, but man was it worth it. Imagine all the plants Richter's brings to Canada Blooms
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Amy : May 9th, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Link

Eating violets

Yesterday morning you would have found me sitting in my little front yard with a bowl and a pair of scissors. The 9 year olds riding their bikes up and down the street looked at me oddly, as I sat and one by one picked violets.
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Amanda : May 8th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Link

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
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