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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

Before and After - Strawberry Canister

strawberry_cannister.jpg This is what it looked like today. There was a third ripe strawberry this morning but a certain someone (hint: rhymes with Gavin) got to it before I could take some photos. What it looked like at planting time a few weeks

Cold Snap Gums Up the Works

As I type this, one third of my rooftop garden sits on the floor in my living room. A second third of the garden is cluttering up the hallway around our front door. "Come on in friendly visitor! But first brave this minefield of plants,

Herb Fair 2007

herbfair2007_1.jpg Aka The Great Yearly Event in Which I Grant Myself Permission to Pig Out on More Herbs Than You Can Shake a Stick At. I went. I smelled. Money left my wallet. I went home with an allergy attack and a cart

Strawberry Cocoa Mud

smoothie.jpg It's a scorcher out there today so I thought I'd share my recipe for a favourite summer refresher. I just came indoors after a full day out in the garden and this drink was exactly the right cool down treat. Ingredients: 1 frozen banana, chopped 1

First Strawberry of the Season

pinklipstick.jpg We enjoyed our first ripe strawberry of the season this morning. Nothing beats the sweet, sweet deliciousness of an organic, homegrown strawberry. Strawberries are probably the easiest fruit to grow in containers and do very well in hanging baskets, strawberry pots, or window

Cheap n’ Easy Container Idea - Chive Basin

chivecontainer1.jpg If you're looking for a hardy herb that will produce a harvest all season-long, and can withstand just about anything you can throw at it then look no further than chives. I've been growing this wash basin of chives for so many years

Versus the Possum, Round One

Sure I lost an eggplant last year but I don't even like eggplants and you left the rest of the plants untouched unlike the raccoons that just plow through like tanks and tear everything to shreds so it was like, Okay, no problem, we can live together.

The Most Expensive Sempervivum

pacificsexy.jpg That's good ole' Hens and Chicks to me and you. When budgeting for plants I keep a mental list of plants I would not pay more than 3 bucks for. Plants like basil, oregano, thyme, sedums tend to fall into this category.

Cheap n’ Easy Container Idea - Strawberries and Violas

canister.jpg What to do with a lone strawberry plant leftover from another soon-to-be-revealed project, a small flat of red violas ($3.50 for 16 plants!), and an old coffee canister that was thrifted as part of a 70s era fake woodgrain 4 part kitchen canister set?

Mission Accomplished - Radishes!

Radishes I've long held the belief that there are no green thumbs or black thumbs and that gardening is a process of learning and discovery with no peak or end goal. You can garden like a maniac your entire life and never know everything

Container Gardening - The National

fire1.jpg I have a great deal to tell you about the gardening I have been doing over the past weeks. But before I can do that the marginally anal retentive side of me demands that I address my appearance on The National last

Nettle Soup

nettlesoup.jpg In the spirit of Be Nice to Nettles Week, we tried our hand at a batch of nettle soup using the site recipe as a basis. Let me tell you that a half pound of nettles is a whole lot more

Be Nice to Nettles Week

I first discovered stinging nettle one day while book shopping on Harbord Street, a popular used book area of Toronto. One of the stores had a selection of herbs sitting out front. Anyone who knows me knows I am a sucker for herbs and am impulsive

Spring Blooms II

Now that we've moved into the next phase of spring -- a stable phase when the threat of a random snowfall is safely behind us and temperatures are more consistently predictable -- a new crop of blooms have begun to emerge. I've been happily carrying at least

First Harvest of the Season

firstharvest.jpg You can't beat an early spring harvest courtesy of cold-hardy perennials. I've barely done anything in the garden and I'm already raking in the food stuffs! Clockwise from top right: Onions, dandelion greens, garlic chives, chives, lemon balm. These chives have been growing in a
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