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You Grow Girl 2007 Calendar

Yay, the You Grow Girl 2007 Calendar is complete and available in print. You Grow Girl 2007 Calendar This full color, 12 month calendar features 30 rich garden and botanical images along with an assortment of organic gardening tips, growing

Falling in Love with Grassland

I am finally accepting the fact that winter is coming and I had better enjoy fall (despite all of this horrible rain) while it lasts. One of the gifts gardening has given me is the ability to look at the landscape and plantlife around me with new

Grow This - Grape Hyacinth (Muscari)

Muscari - Grape Hyacinth Famous for candy-sweet cobalt blue blooms that resemble tidy clusters of pint-sized grapes, muscari is a versatile, carefree spring bloom. Pack a punch and plant bulbs in eye-catching “rivers” or clustered together in problem areas under trees and in rock

‘Chinese Five Colour’ Hot Peppers

'Chinese Five Color' Hot Pepper At a Toronto area You Grow Girl meetup last week we discussed our gardening successes and disappointments of the last year. Beth, a rooftop container gardener mentioned that she was most disappointed by her container-grown 'Chinese Five Colour' (or

‘Black Pear’ Tomato Inside

Because you asked, here's a photo of the inside of the 'Black Pear' tomato. 'Black Pear' Tomato Photo by Gayla Trail I ate another one yesterday afternoon. They really are soft, dense, sweet, and rich. Whether or not they beat out my #1

‘Black Seaman’ Tomato

Update: The first of the next batch has ripened. I had both my neighbour and my spouse do a taste test and we all agree that while it is tasty, it doesn't stand up to the black indeterminates like 'Black Krim' or 'Black Plum'. My final

Blackberries

Blackberries The blackberry bushes have been incredibly prolific at the Community Garden this year. I'd swear the plants have doubled in size, each vine exploding with fat, juicy fruit. I had thought that perhaps our cold winters curbed their invasiveness but I'm starting

Gallery Exhibition

It's not at all related to gardening but I will be showing 20 of my photos in a group show alongside 3 other photographers entitled PHOTOGRAMMETRY opening this Friday at Harbourfront Centre here in Toronto. What: An active public space exhibition of urban photography. When: May 13-July 9 (Opening

Canadian House & Home - Groundbreakers Profile

- From: Canadian House & Home (May 2006 - Green Issue) canadianhouse.jpg "Ripe with tips and anecdotes geared towards the urban gardener, the book is an offshoot of her flourishing website yougrowgirl.com, where a growing community of gardeners share inspiration and advice."

Toronto Events This Week

It has been a busy week. On Wed I gave a container gardening workshop at GrassRoots. The turnout was great and I had a good time! On Friday I went out shopping for plants with Daphne Gordon of the Toronto Star. We went over
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