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

New container

The big container finally arrived yesterday along with the rain. I like buying one really good new container a year and this one is by Gardenstone which is a Canadian company and I've been thrilled with their pots. I like the very plain simple ones...

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November 10, 2007
In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Plants in my Garden

Squirrel prevention tactics

This is a glorious shot of the Japanese maple I look at from my dining room all through the autumn. But this Blog is about squirrels: will it ever end? The squirrel brigade came up with the following: Tom from Oakville said that one of the reasons...

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November 5, 2007
In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants in my Garden

Bulb day! (Finally)

I have been trying to do this blog every day and some days are just too overwhelming because of my Gardening Life deadlines. So from now on I'll be blogging when I've got something to say. And today is BULB DAY: Here?s what bulbs are now...

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November 1, 2007
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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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October 4, 2007
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