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Seed Ratios

As I've mentioned before I've taken the Square Foot Garden approach to my veggie garden this year, and am so far growing and harvesting a fair crop of our most regularly consumed veggies. I've been taking advantage of the very mild climate of the West Coast here and
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Emira : June 19th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Seeds

Following the Status Quo: $16,565.00

Office Manager may sound like a hefty title, for those not in the know, but really I am just a glorified secretary. Sure I have a degree, but that doesn't equate to a high paying job in my chosen field: art. So I make enough to live
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Renee : June 15th, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Reviews, Projects, Link

Dallas Hays, a Gardener After My Own Heart

I was recently inspired by a gardener profiled in the April/May issue of Organic Gardening magazine. In the interview, gardener Dallas Hays of Lewiston, Idaho talks about making his own fish fertilizer (good for nitrogen) "..using a blender and squawfish from a nearby lake." He
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Gayla : June 14th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Uncategorized, Link, Containers, Gardeners

Grief in the garden

My garden is a complete mess. It started out ok, but very shortly after getting things ready for transplanting outside in late May, my father became very ill and died within a week. I had to take a trip to New Mexico during the time that
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Christina : June 10th, 2006 : 8 Comments
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Audible Flavor to Savor

I must admit, rather proudly actually, that I am hooked on National Public Radio. I am rarely impressed with top 40 radio, less impressed with the hip hop of late, and classic rock bores me to tears the moment Stairway to Heaven starts up.
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Renee : June 7th, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Flowers, Reviews, Link

Healing with Dandelions

There are a few things I have an abundance of in my garden without trying. They may be familiar to you: dandelions, chickweed and horsetail. And while I curse a blue streak as I remove the horsetail, I can't help but think of my amazing friend Signy each
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Emira : June 6th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Veggies, Link

Herb Fair 2006

For the third year in a row, I attended the Harbourfront Herb Fair this weekend with some of the You Grow Girls. I think this was the best one yet. There were a few new vendors, some new samples to try (mmm, green tea), and as
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Amy : June 5th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Link, Events

The Garden in Timelapse

I've recently joined Vimeo, a personal video clip sharing site and discovered several beautiful plant-related time-lapse videos. Daffodil Opening Tulips Dance Seedling Wilting Rose Epiphyllum Blooms Shifting Light on Tulips
Gayla : June 2nd, 2006 : No Comments
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The Herb Fair is Coming, The Herb Fair is Coming

My favourite local plant-related event is back! What: Ontario Herbalist Society Annual Herb Fair Where: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto When: Sunday June 4, 2006. 11am-5:30pm If you'd like to meet for plant shopping, exchanging (bring your extra transplants and seeds), fellow herb loving geekery, and more myself and other YGGers
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Gayla : June 1st, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Herbs, Link, Events

Promoting Composting

A little while ago I was wandering around the City of Vancouver's website, specifically the parks and engineering services sections. Seems a little bizzare, I know, but I then happened upon this website. Apparently the City of Vancouver in their effort to cut back waste,
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Kelly : May 31st, 2006 : 9 Comments
Posted in: Places, Link, Info

Square Foot Gardening Review

This year, as I was faced with the task of starting up our veggie garden relatively from scratch, I did a bunch of research into garden design, veggie growing, etc and settled on trying the Square Foot method. I did this for two reasons really. The first
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Emira : May 30th, 2006 : 10 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link

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

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

Today I went searching for farmers

Well, the title says it. Today I went searching for farmers. My organization-- Growing Hope (www.growinghope.net) is helping our local Ypsilanti Farmer's Market attract a greater diversity of customers and more vendors through a marketing campaign... and as part of our efforts to ensure food
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Amanda : May 17th, 2006 : 3 Comments
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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

Eek! Mother’s Day!

Well, here it is, the Friday before Mother's Day. This means that there is no way the card that I don't even have yet is going to make it to my mother's address by tomorrow. Being the procrastinator that I am makes these kinds of 'holidays'
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Christina : May 12th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Link

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

Impact According to Ones and Zeroes

Free Soil Artists for Beyond Green utilizes the world wide web to educate users about the environmental impact of the fresh produce industry through cheerful graphics, friendly web design and interactive wells of knowledge.  At first glance, their animated leader of activism appears to be something straight out of Hello Kitty's universe, but scroll over the
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Renee : May 11th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Link, Ecology, Art/Craft

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

Break Open Your Piggy Banks

I've been looking forward to the UBC Botanical Garden's Perennial sale since... well since last year when I missed it. It's coming up this Sunday here in Vancouver and I've been following Gayla's advice and preparing in advance as much as possible (must find granny cart before
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Emira : May 9th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Link, Events
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