LaGuardia Corner Gardens
Our off-time on a recent trip to New York City was spent wandering around soaking everything in and taking pictures. I didn't go out of my way to visit specific gardens or community gardens this time, 
Category: Fall
Our off-time on a recent trip to New York City was spent wandering around soaking everything in and taking pictures. I didn't go out of my way to visit specific gardens or community gardens this time, Extending the Harvest
This piece was originally published in The Globe & Mail over the weekend as a part of my series on kitchen gardening.
Regarding using burlap and burlap sacks: Just to be clear, do keep them Mid and Late-Season Planting
My latest Globe and Mail Microfarming article came out on Saturday. I've included the text below.
My editor sent a photographer out this time so there are some pictures in the printed version not taken by me, and one of me planting arugula online.
Local Food Trees
Butternuts
I'd like to think I've accumulated a lot of plant knowledge over the years, but my tree knowledge is embarrassingly thin. It's all down to the fact that I don't have anywhere to plant and grow one. Saving Seeds and Making Pickles
Greetings from the hermit's nest where I am working feverishly, both figuratively and unfortunately quite literally through what I can only describe as a marathon of deadlines. This summer has revolved 100% around gardening and food, a Seedpods
I took this photo back in October (Is it really very nearly the end of the year already?) on our trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, I can not recall which plant this is. I might have known what it was when The Horribly Late Roof Garden Clean Up That Never Was 2007
I desperately need to clean up my rooftop garden. Desperately. Double desperately. It's horrible how long I've let it got this year really. The warmer Fall temperatures were wonderfully evil and I just went with it pretending that Fall would continue forever. I rewarded myself
Planting and Growing Garlic (Allium sativum)
Garlic Shown: Stiff-neck which tends to be hardy and stores well over the long term.
Sitting down to write this, my first thoughts are to apologize for the slow down in updates recently. I consider writing to assure you that the slow down is Windowsill Plants
The plants were so lovely in the window today on a sunny November afternoon. I could not help but grab a camera to capture the moment.
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...Edible Fall Container Planting
During the spring and summer months I grow indeterminant tomatoes (large, vine plants) in large garbage bins like this one purchased for $10 each a number of years ago at the local Ikea. The flat grey colour has faded significantly over the years but Cactus Ghouls
I have so much to tell you about last week's trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens but I can't seem to wade through the millions of photos and thoughts without first showing you one of the silliest, most ridiculous crimes ever perpetrated on Giant Loofah
One of the things I love best about this site is checking out the fantastic gardening projects members of this site share via the forums. Last week, while making my morning rounds, I came across this fantastic, Godzilla-esque loofah (aka luffa) grown and recently harvested
No Basil Left Behind
Proudly cradling the basil harvested from my community garden plot. Varieties include: 'African Blue', 'Purple Ruffles', 'Sweet Basil', 'Genovese', 'Columnar', 'Spicy Globe', 'Mrs. Burns Lemon Basil', 'Dark Opal', and 'Pesto Perpetuo' (a variegated variety).
I reluctantly harvested the remaining basil plants from my community garden Over-wintering Hot Peppers (Part 2)
Earlier this Fall I wrote about bringing your hot pepper plants indoors for overwintering. I've put together a short 2 minute clip showing how I dug up a 'Variegata' hot pepper plant from my community garden plot and transplanted it into Forcing and Growing Colchicums - Freaky Bulbs That Are Actually Corms
I spotted bags of Colchicums, a fall-blooming bulb plant that looks a lot like crocus, while perusing the bulb section of my local garden shop a few weeks back. I've long admired the delicate alien beauty of Blackened Tansy Seed Heads
While out on the Leslie Street Spit this past holiday weekend, I noticed that most of the tansy flower heads were turning black. I don't grow tansy in any of my gardens and have never observed this detail while out walking the railroad Lessons Learned from an Unseasonably Warm Autumn
I took this photo of a field of Gaillardia growing on a hillside on the Leslie Spit back in July before The Worst Drought in Fifty Years took a hold and sent lots of plants into hiatus on a short term or The Great Canadian Garlic Nerd Fest
I recently became an official card-carrying member of Seeds of Diversity, a move that was a long time coming. Okay, to be honest there is no actual membership card but there really should be -- I am a proud nerd who loves Inside My Tool Bag - October 2007
My favourite tool bag at my community garden plot, October 4, 2007. I forgot to bring a harvest bag and had to cram everything into the top of the tool bag. I'm currently harvesting lots of dandelion greens for boiling Purple and Gold Fall Container
I spotted this lovely gold and dark purple seasonally appropriate container combo at Fiesta Gardens recently. While I am generally not a fan of the traditional seasonal mixed container, this one is a simple concept with a limited colour palette incorporating unusual plants
