Maclean’s Magazine – Review
Maclean’s Magazine October 2001. “Diehard gardening pros and avid newbies alike may benefit from a visit to www.yougrowgirl.com, a stylish, colourful splash of occasionally humorous insights into the plant kingdom.”
Author: Gayla Trail
GirlStart – Interview
October 8, 2001. An interview with Gayla featured on this excellent website that promotes girls in technology. Read it here. Gayla Sanders Writer & Graphic Designer YouGrowGirl.com Gayla Sanders designs and maintains You Grow Girl, an online magazine about gardening and plants. She also runs her own design company in Toronto, Canada. How does this …
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – Review
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 2001. “I stumbled upon it while cruising the internet looking for information on appropriate plants for dorm rooms: Yougrowgirl.com, a website about gardening produced by two very hip young Canadians. The “About†page declares, “If gardening really is the new rock’n’roll, then Yougrowgirl.com is ‘indie rock.’†And it’s true. The …
Cheap Containers
You don’t need a lot of money to have classy-looking container plants. I rarely purchase my containers new anymore. Not just because they are expensive, but because most of the time I think they’re ugly. Go to any department store or garden centre and you’re bound to find those awful plastic pots that are meant …
Pop Cloche
Turn your plastic bottles into miniature greenhouses. The cloche or bell jar is a miniature greenhouse contraption designed to protect seedlings from cold, bleak, or windy weather in order to hasten their maturity. Traditionally, it is a dome made of glass that can be completely sealed (such as the bell jar) or have a small …
Save Your Plant – Forced Bulbs
In this part of the world (southern Ontario) it isn’t uncommon for people to begin craving springtime as early as February. People reach out to brighter days and warmer weather anyway they can. One of the easiest ways to satisfy this need is to purchase forced bulb plants such as crocuses, tulips, narcissus and hyacinths. …
Save Your Plant – Poinsettia
It used to be lush, vibrant red and in full bloom. It arrived wrapped in a lovely foil wrapper. But now the few leaves left are about to succumb to gravity, and more leaves are falling off. What can you do to restore it to it’s original goodness? Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) Member of the spurge …
Grow Your Own Pineapple
If you happen to have a pineapple on hand to eat, (and they are abundant and cheap during the late spring and summer months), then why not take a few minutes and grow your own pineapple plant from the discarded top? It seems nearly mythological that anyone can grow a tropical fruit such as pineapple …
Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: Ladybug vs. Aphid
Round 1: Lady Bugs Known by many names, ladybird, ladybug or lady beetle, ladybugs are most welcome in the garden. They are recognized as one of the most beneficial garden insects. Aphids are one of the major foods of all four thousand species of this metamorphosing insect. Ladybugs eat aphids whole as adults, and one …
How to Plant an Amaryllis Bulb
Although there are many plants that are forced to bloom indoors during the winter holiday season, the popularity of the amaryllis (Hippeastrum) lies in its ease of care and its large, lily-like blooms that are so reminiscent of the flowers of summer. Flower colour ranges from red as the most popular, to pink, white, yellow …
Crocus
Guest post by Beate Schwirtlich More than any other, these tough and lovely plants signal the true ending of winter. They couldn’t be hardier, surviving frost and late snowfalls, unwiltingly waiting to open on a sunny day. But you’d never know it to look at their delicate blooms. These are no hothouse beauties. That’s why …