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Category: You Grow Girl

You Grow Girl 2008 Calendar

yougrowgirl2008calendar.jpg Yay! After an unexpectedly long production schedule the You Grow Girl 2008 Calendar is finally here. I'm really proud of this one. Once again my goal was to produce a calendar that is a nice balance between rich imagery and inspiring information

YGG Warm Winter Wear Drive 2007

What: Knit or crochet up beautiful, warm winter gear for The Redwood Shelter for Abused Women. While I know many of you are from all over the globe we've decided to continue to support a Toronto-based organization again because 1. They are doing fantastic work and 2.

Aphids Suck

tee_aphidssuck.jpg Declare war on the aphid nation in this battle-ready tee, now available in pink or black. We're taking pre-orders for a limited time which allows us to make the design available in a new colour (for those of you, like me,

Living in Toronto - Growing Heirloom Vegetables

1mydeck_cbc.jpg I had a TV crew here for about 2 hours one scorching hot and humid afternoon in August shooting a segment on heirloom vegetables for a show called "Living in Toronto." There are other "Living ins" across Canada however the first

Operation Garden Terrorism

destruction.jpg The epic saga of sadness and destruction now dubbed Operation Garden Terrorism continues. Today I went outside to discover a patch of plants had been crushed along with two sections of the bamboo fence that we built in the early spring.

Blogher Conference

Are you going to be attending the Blogher conference in Chicago next week? If you are say hi. I'll be moderating a panel discussion on visual blogging with a talented group of woman as well as doing a book signing (day and time TBA). Here's the

Domino Interview

"I don't promote myself as an authority. I'm a person who really, really loves to garden. I know a thing or two but there is a ton I don't know and will probably never know. I make mistakes. I experiment like crazy. I don't have all of the

Contest!

I'm way behind on a lot of things including getting a new contest happening around here. This one is as easy and lazy as a hot summer afternoon. All you need to do is sign yourself up for the newsletter/mailing list (the box is located to

Veggie Gardening: The Next Big Thing

torontostar_veggies2.jpg Quite simply, the Next Big Thing is going to be veggies. Lots and lots of veggies. Heirloom tomatoes, offbeat salad greens and stuff like that. All organically grown, of course. By us. - from Toronto Star “Urban Gardeners Are Growing Local” (July 7,

Simon Says Wha?

Gayla Trail According to the Simon & Schuster blog, I rank number 9 (for "You Grow Girl") in Simon & Schuster's list of top selling Canadian authors so far in 2007. That's only 3 places behind Canadian artist/writer/designer mega star Douglas
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