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In Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized

THE CHANGING BEACH AT CARPINTERIA

Below is the sunset shot of the day. I seem never to tire of taking them. But the other day a gigant earthmoving machine spent hours pushing the shore into the large berms that keep the ocean from whizzing right through the building along its...

February 19, 2010

In Marjorie's Life

the book launch

Well what fun the book launch at Teatro Verde turned out to be. Here's Sarah Maclachlan the president of House of Anansi with me and my daughter Jennifer Harris (aka prof at U of T) on the left. this picture was taken by Mark Disero...

January 28, 2010

In Design, Marjorie's Life, Uncategorized, Winter

A CLOTHING SWAP

I am thrilled about how good the garden looks right now. The Japanese maple in the centre looking like a piece of sculpture with the snow caught in its branches just so. The media frenzy: cancelled on Zoomer radio yesterday (Monday); bumped on Canada A. M....

January 11, 2010

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Uncategorized, Winter

SEED CATALOGUES & NEW BOOKS

The berberis I showed below is indeed spiny and will keep all cats and skunks away from any border. Another good quality. Catalogues: Oh my, the Thompson & Morgan catalogue has drifted in to lift the misery of the blizzard going on outside. It's...

January 3, 2010

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Winter

Christmas presents for gardeners

What is going on this year? In all the lists of stuff for people, we gardeners are pretty much ignored. What a change from a few years ago when garden writers were swamped with requests to make up lists for magazines and newspapers. It’s symptomatic...

December 21, 2009

In Marjorie's Life, perennials, Uncategorized, Winter

Winter chores in the garden now

I feel like perennials are staring at me, just daring me to leave them alone for a few more days. But there will be frost tonight and what I had forgotten all about was turning off the water, draining the hoses and the copper pipes....

November 30, 2009

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

AUTUMNAL PLANTS

This is one of the stars of the autumnal garden. It's called Fleeceflower (Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' and what a beauty it is. It's been quietly blooming away for weeks now but as other things die off and containers get moved, it comes into its own. The...

October 8, 2009

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

early autumn, bad storms, slugs and fungal diseases

I had been worried about slugs and fungal diseases in everyone's garden until the horrendous storms of Thursday evening hit. We were lucky (but scared) to have only one huge branch of a city tree (a dying silver maple) down and no other damage. All...

August 22, 2009

In Marjorie's Life

OUT OF WORKS BUT THERE’S A NEW E-LETTER

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks. Somehow the server messed up my whole web site and with a lot of yelling on the part of web mistress Anna Pemberton, it's come back a little and I hope it will be back to normal SOON. We...

July 1, 2009

In Marjorie's Life

blog on a glorious combination of spring perennials, shrubs and trees

I couldn't resist: a little tour of the garden today shows just how many plants look so good right now. From the left: Japanese maples (Acer shirasawanum is the gold, Berberis. Lots of Allium 'Purple Sensation' pick up the exact tone of colour in the...

May 31, 2009

THE CHANGING BEACH AT CARPINTERIA

the book launch

A CLOTHING SWAP

SEED CATALOGUES & NEW BOOKS

Christmas presents for gardeners

Winter chores in the garden now

AUTUMNAL PLANTS

early autumn, bad storms, slugs and fungal diseases

OUT OF WORKS BUT THERE’S A NEW E-LETTER

blog on a glorious combination of spring perennials, shrubs and trees

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