There is almost too much shade in our yard to have a veggie garden. I say almost because, well, we have one anyway. Garlic is doing well. Spinach, lettuce, onions all do well. Carrots do pretty good. Tomatoes and cucumbers are marginal…we get some but… Read More
I worked in the front garden all day yesterday and in the back garden today. I confess I’m a little sore all over. The garden, however, is looking good. The honeysuckle is happily climbing up the shovel. Soon I’ll have to figure out a way… Read More
I just got back with a carful of plants from the Roseland Horticultural Society plant sale. This sale happens every year at this time at Eglinton Flats, in the former Etobicoke here in Toronto. There was a great variety of perennials, annuals and even veggies… Read More
Each year the Roseland Horticultural Society has a plant sale at Eglinton Flats, in the north-west quadrant of the park – that’s Jane and Eglinton, (enter off Emmett Ave just west of Jane). This is a great place to purchase plants for your garden, with… Read More
Our robust Toronto winter did not deter the dandelions around here. They have come up with great vengeance. Last year I had them under control. That is, I couldn’t eliminate them, but I kept them down to a manageable plantation. Over the winter they seem… Read More
Although the garden season is just beginning, there are a few spring highlights….
The summer before last, I created a lean-to out in the back yard, and then last year I made a second one. Maintaining the back garden, with all the mature trees and the shrubs in the back, generates plenty of sticks of various sizes and… Read More
Tuffy P has been working on cleaning up the front gardens as the season’s new growth begins. In a few weeks, this photo will look very bare, but for now the garden looks fresh and clean and full of new growth. Tuffy has planted a… Read More
Last year at this time, I picked a bag of ramps from a lovely forest, a forest that is being edged out of existence by housing developments. There are a lot of ramps in there, but for how long, who knows. Instead of eating all… Read More
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