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A Slow July

Well, better late than never, here is my review of July--it consisted of more aphid infestation and finally planting the community garden plot (yay!) Just after ridding my herb boxes of the green aphids that sucked the life out of the dill, a new breed decided to take up
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Ariane : August 9th, 2005 : 9 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Veggies, Seasonal, Pests & Disease

Overflowing, Amanda style

Long awaited update. At least I've been waiting, not sure about anyone else. I tend to do things full force or not at all-- gardening is much the same for me, and I use it as a sort of practice in doing things small and
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Amanda : July 26th, 2005 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Veggies

Rooftop Garden: July 1

Things are coming along swell on the rooftop garden. In fact, this is turning out to be my best year ever! The weather has been incredibly hot and dry, and as a result I have been out there religiously watering containers, sometimes as much as twice
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Gayla : July 2nd, 2005 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Veggies, Seasonal, Containers, Fruit

Herb Fair 2005

Last Sunday marked the annual Ontario Herbalist's Association Herb Fair at Harbourfront. I am pleased to announce that it was also the most successful You Grow Girl Toronto Meetup to date with our best turnout yet!! Before I go any further I'm just going to come
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Gayla : June 8th, 2005 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Veggies, Places, Seasonal

Seedlings’ Big Day!

There comes a time in every seedling’s life when it must leave the safety of the nest for the cold, harsh world outside. Now, I’ve been reluctant to get to this point, having been sufficiently scarred from last year’s fiasco, where monsoon rains rolled in EVERY TIME I
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Tasha : May 10th, 2005 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies

I’m in love, I’m in love!

I’m sure some of you know that feeling, when you just can’t pull your eyes away, and you feel the constant need to touch and stroke and caress. Marveling at the beauty and perfection that belongs to you and only you, that needs you as much as you
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Tasha : April 28th, 2005 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Info, Seeds

The New Plot

Today I threw in a few plants and a few seeds to my new garden just as the sun was going down and it started to rain. I'm glad I'm finally getting things started! The rest of the plants will be already started. I don't
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Kelly : March 27th, 2005 : 8 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Herbs, Veggies, Seasonal, Seeds

Tomatillos

The raccoons may have got a lot, but they didn't get my tomatillos. gayla_tomatthumb1.jpg gayla_tomatthumb2.jpg
Gayla : August 27th, 2004 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Veggies

An Ode to Tigerella

I was going to title this “Stupid Evil Dumbass Bastards at the Gate,”(SEDBAGs for short) in honor of the Cucumber Killers next door who have taken to hacking off parts of my tomato plants with a vengeance if they deign to stray from their caged/staked confines for even
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Tasha : August 9th, 2004 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Veggies

Garden Plot Update

gayla_plotjune04.jpg It's time to start posting updates on my gardens before things get too out-of-hand. Over at the community garden plot I dug in some fresh soil amenders and finished planting quite a while back. Thanks to some rain all the
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Gayla : June 25th, 2004 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Veggies
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