Marjorie Harris: A life in the garden.
In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants

an amazing week

This has been an amazing week. First of all the autumn tones have finally come blazing into the garden. So many trees such as the katsura just turned yellow and dropped leaves with out hanging about making a glorious display. I complain no more. The new issue of Gardening Life is...

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November 13, 2007
In Fall, Marjorie's Life, Plants in my Garden

Splogging

Oh boy the learning curve goes resoundingly owards. I got this from Doug Greene, ace garden writer, blogger and all around gentleman. He was referring to the weird entry I shoved up here a few days ago. He referred to it as a "...

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November 11, 2007
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 ('Aurora'). They are roomy and...

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November 10, 2007
In Marjorie's Life

what happens when you don’t have a good editor

It's all quote today. This was sent by Karen York. You have to read this to see what happens when you don't have a good editor. "Copper Queen daffodil Key features Breck's "Exclusive! A long-lasting flush that testament be sensory in your springtime garden. Seldom seen copper- coloured perigonium surrounding a striking orangish...

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November 9, 2007
In Marjorie's Life

The Giller Prize dinner

I am recovering from the amazing Giller Awards dinner last night. What a celebration. You meet everybody in the country you'd really love to talk to from Adrienne Clarkson to Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro. I hung out with Cate Cochran who has a new book called Reconcilable Differences in...

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November 7, 2007