I came across a fascinating plant today – Monotropa uniflora – known commonly by various names – ghost plant, ghost pipe, Indian pipe or corpse plant. It typically grows when there is a good deal of rain after a dry spell and so I sometimes… Read More
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Plant Sale
Tuffy P just got back from the annual plant sale the Roselands Horticultural Society puts on up at Eglinton Flats. Many of the plants come from the gardens of members of Roselands. Over the years we’ve purchased many healthy plants at prices much lower than… Read More
Roseland plant sale is next weekend
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
More Garden Prep
Two of the new gardens are about ready to plant – the canoe garden and the one on the near side of the new path. There is a third new garden you can’t see in this picture. It’s tucked back in behind the stern of… Read More
The Tomato Garden
This is a new garden this year. I made it surrounding the bird house, which by the way is still occupied by a family of sparrows. We see them anytime we are not ready with a camera. I have a morning glory growing up the… Read More