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Kitchen Birds

One of our cat's favourite things these days is to hover around the sliding glass door in our kitchen and chatter at the birds that feed outside that door. Although I didn't see any birds this morning, I could hear them outside the house somewhere, and Farley
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Amy : February 8th, 2007 : No Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seasonal

Red Mulch

It's really far too early to start getting supplies or thinking about tomatoes but with the weather outside being in the minus kill-me-nows I can't help but start peaking at the Lee Valley catalogue. I've already decided that I'm going to sacrifice a couple of my
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Gayla : February 8th, 2007 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Seasonal, Projects, Link, Stuff

Grow-op Set-up

There have been some whispers in the Forums about starting seeds already. Some of the members of You Grow Girl live in areas where it's already the season for growing. Here in Southern Ontario, though, we're still experiencing snow and wind chill warnings. I've
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Amy : February 6th, 2007 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Catalogue Pressure

I gave into a seed catalogue yesterday. It was about time, really, with all the spring-like weather we've been facing. I'd been scanning catalogues bit by bit, but the bad graphics usually turn me off, and ones with stock images don't get a
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Renee : January 19th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Link, Seeds, Stuff, Winter

Winter Growth

The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.
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Amy : January 13th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Full Disclosure

I think it's important to go against the grain of traditional gardening magazines that focus on hyper-perfect fantasy garden porn and show you that there is no shame in a less-than-perfect garden. Here is a photo of the street garden taken just last week. Keeping up with the
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Gayla : January 10th, 2007 : 14 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Winter, Gayla's Gardens

Amateur Phenology

So. Ummmm. Who's a little freaked out by this crazy weather? They say Canada is totally backwards especially for an El Niño year with the west coast all wet and wild and the east unseasonably warm and snow-less. I've heard that things are also a
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Gayla : January 5th, 2007 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Seasonal, Link, Info, Ecology

Affordable Gifts For Gardeners (To Buy)

I'm not one to go nuts with the gardening products since a lot of required gardening materials are either one-time buys (like good shears), tools and containers that can be purchased used, or items that can be fashioned from recycled materials (i.e. plastic water bottles) -- I am
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Gayla : December 19th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Reviews, Seasonal, Link, Stuff

Warm Winter Wear Drive Update

knit1.jpg Last week I took 4 boxes of gorgeous, warm, handmade, winter items (and one You Grow Girl book) to The Redwood Women's Shelter here in Toronto. These boxes were the result of this year's You Grow Girl Warm Winter Wear Drive.
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Gayla : December 18th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Art/Craft

Organic Spiced Fruitcake

fruitcake I have just returned from my local Farmer's Market (which also just happens to be the best Farmer's Market, ever) where I was lucky enough to score a piece of Maria Solakovski's amazing organic Spiced Fruitcake. I've been buying Maria's cake
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Gayla : December 14th, 2006 : No Comments
Posted in: Reviews, Seasonal, Food
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