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Seeds Gone Wild (Lessons for a Seed Whore)

Get seeds organized and in one place is a process I haven't been able to grasp yet. It is not easy when you collect and trade seeds. I have found seeds in bowls put away in the kitchen, seeds in packets in my drawers drawer,

My Minty Centrepieces

I got married last month and I sure as sugar wasn't going to incorporate the usual, boring, over-the-top, expensive floral centrepieces I saw in most wedding magazines into our reception! Instead, I thought I'd buy scented geraniums. However, when I got to Richter's to buy them

EcoForms

EcoForms (photo from EcoForms.com) The world of gardening containers is a sad carnival of ugly. I grow A LOT of plants, therefore requiring A LOT of pots. Unfortunately, the few stylish containers out there fall outside of a price range affordable to the

Aphid Invasion

This year I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed by aphids in my yard. On my dahlias, my poppies, the shasta daisies and of course the roses. Earlier they tried to take up residence on my pole beans and recently they also tried to move in on my chard. And

Fall Gardening What-For

As fall approaches, its time to get the second bed going. This time the focus will be on leafy greens, lettuces, bulby plants like garlic and onions, beets and other tasty roots, cabbages and their cousins, and maybe some beans. There are lots of

Home-Grown Edamame

Edamame My spouse, our cat (she LOVES edamame!), and I just finished sharing a small plate of fresh edamame aka soy beans harvested from the rooftop garden. This first harvest came from one plant grown in a medium-sized container. The variety name

The Scented Garden

dahlia and lilyWith summer in full swing most of my garden work these days is about maintaining: watering, weeding and reseeding the odd head of lettuce. For the past week or so these chores have been particularly lovely as a few of

Gardening for Climate Change

"As weird weather and record-high temperatures continue to afflict much of the northern hemisphere, the natural flora around us — and what we can grow in our gardens — is slowly changing." Read the rest here, at the Toronto Star.

Deconstructing the Shed

Several years ago, London's Victoria and Albert Museum hosted The Other Flower Show. Ten renowned artists were invited to transform a museum-provided garden shed into a work of art. The result was an exhibit conceptually based around the method of gardening rather than the garden itself. The

Square Foot Gardening Update: Box #2

Agh. A week went by and I ran out of time to do a review of what’s going on with my second square foot gardening box (a 4’x 4’ square), and now that I look back at this photo that was taken only a week ago, I realize
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