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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.

The Modern Alchemist

Words like hyperaccumulator and phytoremediation sound like something straight out of a 1960s Sci-Fi movie and hardly verbs describing gardens.  But when the conceptual, and socially minded artist Mel Chin creates a garden, you get these lengthy words among others.  Mel Chin is a Texas born artist now living in North Carolina; and when

The Lee Valley Lure

The one-stop crack distribution depo of the Canadian gardening world recently opened a store in downtown Toronto, and... ummm... I have been there twice in two days. I want to state for the record that prior to this I have never purchased a Lee Valley product,

Local vs Certified organic

Last week I went to a film and discussion series entited "Label Me Confused: What organic, free range, and all those other words really mean" at a local theater. Several organic farmers gathered to discuss the benefits of choosing to eat locally produced and/or organic foods rather

Hide and Seek

Over the past few weeks, while I've been only half paying attention, my backyard flowerbeds have been totally taken over by bluebells. At first I was fairly pleased to see them full up with lovely green lush growth; however, slowly (but definitely surely) they have become totally overtaken

Reminder to Self: Plant more bulbs!

purple.jpgI've just finished putting my Spring planting bulbs from Botanus in the ground (mostly hostas and some peonies) and the ones planted last fall are at now really hitting their stride. When I made my choices last Fall I picked most of

Phase 1 Complete

Phase 1 of "Project Deck Garden 2006" was enacted yesterday afternoon. It was inspired by a sunny day and a headache that wouldn't quit, which not surprisingly, was abated after a few hours in the fresh air. I won't bore you with the details as Phase

How to be greener

I work at a university that has finally decided to develop a "sustainability initiative." Because I am a librarian, I was asked to create a bibliography of resources to enhance our faculty's understanding of the concept and how they might incorporate it into their departments' curricula.
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