Here's a good question from Lee: "I bought two oakleaf hydrangeas...
Continue ReadingI 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...
Continue ReadingAt 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...
Continue ReadingI'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...
Continue ReadingWell 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...
Continue ReadingIt'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...
Continue ReadingWhat an idiot. I misdated yesterday's column?and did I hear about it. Thank you to people who pay attention. Also lack of commas.? I'm learning, I'm learning.? As I am with the new computer which, of course, wasn't as easy to deal with as everyone...
Continue ReadingThe last of this year's?tours came through the garden yesterday. I let my garden out to charities for silent auctions so they can raise money. Otherwise I leave my garden to me.? In this case it was one of my favourite outfits:? the Toronto Botanical...
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