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THE GARDEN IN WINTER 2014

THE GARDEN IN WINTER 2014 It has been one tough winter for gardens this year. Some of the weather has been brutal, but we are not going to be able to assess the damage properly until spring releases all of its secrets. The look of the garden...

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January 29, 2014
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AUTUMN 2013

This newsletter is now quarterly because I found the weight of a monthly newsletter just too much of a burden. I went about my 10-hour /7-day-a-week work life feeling guilty all the time because I wasn’t making that deadline. If things slow down next year,...

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September 29, 2013
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THE GARDEN IN SPRING

We're all grumpy because winter has gone on too long certainly it has here in southern Ontario. But be of good cheer, it has come to an end. And it's time to at least think about what you'll be doing in the garden. But nothing...

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May 1, 2013
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MIDWINTER NEWSLETTER 2013

2013 is going to bring us all luck. Right. Not that we gardeners need it, of course. When it comes to plants, luck has nothing to do with success. It requires some knowledge, a bit of deftness and patience waiting for plants to fulfill themselves....

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January 29, 2013
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Winter 2010 Newsletter

The other day the local red-tailed hawk swooped right into the neighbour’s spruce tree and picked off something in a lightning flash. A wee bird I’m afraid. I could have used one less rat around. But it does remind you that nature is moving forward...

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November 23, 2010
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April 2009 Newsletter

Crocuses (left) and snowdrops gather above the flood line. Spring is here finally, though I could have done without all my adorable friends in Victoria crowing over their bulbs in January. I don’t care anymore, they are massing in wondrous clumps all over my garden through...

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April 23, 2009