This week it's a gorgeous evergreen Go to http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening I'll be on CBC's FRESH AIR at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Talking about, what else, watering, rain, plants and drought....
Continue ReadingThis edition of the quarterly is in a new format. Our webmistress is on holidays so here it is as a blog: [caption id="attachment_2395" align="alignleft" width="480"] The Garden July 2015[/caption] The garden has been giving a huge amount of pleasure all year. But this summer it has...
Continue ReadingSpring always means a rise in ground level water, everybody in the neighbourhood draining into my garden and the usual playground: Some friends tell me I loe the flood and could do without it because it's so much...
Continue ReadingAs thought by magic the mud subsided and the crocuses appeared in all their glory. Not ravaged by squirrels these beauties last long enough to feed any passing bee. Listen to me on CBC today April 17 between 8 and 8:30 or go to...
Continue ReadingI was on CBB’s Fresh Air Sunday morning with Karen Gordon which was such a pleasure. And here's the link to GARDENISTA with the superb photos by Andreas Trautttmansdorff http://www.gardenista.com/posts/garden-visit-at-home-with-canadas-favorite-garden-writer?utm_source=Remodelista%2FGardenista+Subscriber+List&utm_campaign=96faf6d7a9-Gardenista+Daily+Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_447a717cea-96faf6d7a9-384348629 hope you enjoy AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE QUARTERLY, PLEASE DO SO. SUMMER IS...
Continue ReadingI was on Fresh Air this morning with the wonderful Mary Ito who makes everything feel fresh. We discussed the incredible damage our canopy was slammed by the winter ice storms which hit especially hard here in Southern Ontario. I called my arbourist, Derek Welsh (Authentic...
Continue ReadingIt seems an impossible length of time since I've been on this blog. Somehow I managed to be in Paris and came back to winter; and then we went to California and came back to winter. So now Spring is arriving in such a stealthy...
Continue ReadingI was on CBC's FRESH AIR this morning and promised a fresh new shot of my garden which is here. The one thing I cannot get is the depth, the layering and the constant sense that is changes minute by minute. A perfect morning...
Continue ReadingThe horror happened on our street this week. Truck after truck carted away trees, hostas, shrubs and soil. All gone. Then more trucks rolled in with herbicides to spray the ground, truckloads of screening was dumped and then thumped into place with heavy duty machinery....
Continue ReadingIt's astounding the difference a day or two makes at this time of year. It's like having a teenage kid who has a growth spurt: they are crashing and bashing about. I had given up in despair but this is the difference a couple of days...
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