Marjorie Harris

In Design, Fall, Marjorie's Life

What to do about “gardening as exterior decoration”

Tomorow for sure bulbs. But I just got a long and thoughtful letter from a reader in Ottawa who is worried about the amount of ink given over to what she refers to as "gardening as exterior decoration." Here's her quote: "All this is a preliminary to...

October 30, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels

books: “Gardening Grief and Glory” and “The Apple: A History of Canada’s Perfect Fruit”

After waiting for ages to plant bulbs it turned so nasty over the weekend, bulb planting was turning into being no fun at all so I read instead. There've been a raft of new books coming in (three). One was given to me by Ed...

October 29, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants

Oakleaf hydrangeas and promotional trips

Here's a good question from Lee: "I bought two oakleaf hydrangeas...

October 26, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie's Life

Out of communication and Harrowsmith’s Truly Canadian Almanac

I feel like I've had my life handed back to me: I can phone (though it was out for 24 hours so Rogers isn't perfect and apologies to the young woman who was supposed to interview me on Thursday a.m. about Doris Anderson----not a sound...

October 20, 2007

In Design, Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life

Bulb planting in the cold

I am now attempting to work on my new iMac and if anyone tells you it's dead simple, forget it. To an inveterate PC user it's yet another learning curve. I'm getting conflicting comments about when to clean up, put the garden to bed, when to...

October 13, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants

Artemisia ‘Limelight’

At last I'm back.? I have been in computer limbo since Friday and it taught me how much I depend on the internet for my work.? I also missed blogging strangely. Let no one tell you that it's easy to switch from PC to Mac:? it's...

October 10, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden

Concern for the city trees

I'm not the only one who's frantically worried about the state of our trees in and out of the city. I heard from a member of the Master Gardeners, Roberto Martello and a few others. Think of ideas about how we can help...

October 4, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests

Blogging, hens-and-chicks, squirrel attacks, Toronto Parks Foundation Calendar launch

Well this is my first full week of blogging and I?m really enjoying it. Michele Landsberg one of my totally favourite writers came on board with a really good question yesterday: What do you do about all those hens-and-chicks? I look at the ones in pots...

October 3, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Plants

Water shortage and the “not my tree” syndrome

It's finally raining here.? And this is unbelievaby welcome given how dry a summer it's been and how parched our city trees are.? A trip into the country is scarey when you see how profoundly the trees are suffering. Nothing we can do about that...

October 2, 2007

In Fall, Marjorie's Life

My thoughts on squirrels

I have now had another 24 hours of fighting to get on to the web site and write.? I don't know if it's my old computer or the vagaries of Sympatico but it's been impossible, irritating, maddening. I love technology but only when it works....

October 1, 2007