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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
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Emira : April 20th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Bulbs

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
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Gayla : April 19th, 2006 : 15 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Veggies, Seasonal, Containers, Seeds, Gayla's Gardens

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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Christina : April 15th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Reviews, Link, Info, Gardening 101, Ecology

Pop Bottle Pots

Pop Bottle Pots So they're not very stylin', but these self-watering planters made from junked pop bottles are pretty handy for the well-intentioned but forgetful gardener. The bottom watering system keeps cuttings and seedlings on the right side of moist without
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Gayla : April 14th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Link, Containers, Info, Propagation

Getting My Seeds Started, Right

This year will go down in history as the year I not only started seeds on time, organized all seeds by category (direct sow, indoor starts, and never-going-to-grow-it-so-trade-it-already), AND managed to draw up some kind of "plan" beyond casual (and quickly forgetten) mental lists. I rule.
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Gayla : April 8th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Projects, Info, Seeds

Spring and fig advice

Since everyone else is doing their spring updates... Well, it's finally getting to the point where I'm not afraid it's going to snow again up on the hill, so time to think about getting back into the dirt! So far, I have renewed the old garden plot, though I'm
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Ariane : April 7th, 2006 : 10 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal, Fruit, Gardening 101

There’s Some Livin’ Going On

We've been experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures here in Toronto which have pushed me to get out and do some early-season garden work. I can't recall being this eager to get gardening but I suspect that I am always this excited, it's just the lapse of time between
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Gayla : March 31st, 2006 : 8 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Seasonal, Containers, Seeds, Bulbs, Gayla's Gardens

The Lazy Gardener’s Seed Starting Chart

by Maggie Wang Calculate seed sowing and planting dates in seconds with this even handier version of the Handy Seed Starting Chart. Archived article here
Gayla : March 31st, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Seeds, Propagation, Gardening 101, Spring

Seedy Saturday 2006

I spent the day selling t-shirts and books at the Toronto Seedy Saturday event this weekend. It really is growing bigger and better every year (see a pic here). The aisles were packed with excited gardeners from 10 am on and I got to
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Gayla : March 19th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Seasonal, Seeds

The Problem with Seedlings

Uh oh, now I worry that I’ll be giving them a complex. “Problem children? She’s calling us PROBLEMS?? Oh, we’ll show HER problems….grumble…” Oh yes, the seedlings have minds of their own, have no doubt about that. And there’s the crux of the matter….the seedlings are a hard
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Tasha : March 13th, 2006 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Seeds, Fruit
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