It's an astounding day: full of sun and more people around than usual because it's the beginning of the long weekend here: Monday is Presidents' Day. More people on the beach than we've seen since we got here. That means a few dozen today and...
Continue ReadingWe are here in what can only be described as Paradise: on the ocean, with a sandy beach stretching as far as the eye can see in either direction. The dolphins were out in full force today and the occasional pelican swooped in to peer...
Continue Reading2013 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....
Continue ReadingI've now had enough time to digest the amazing trip to Italy we took this past year. The Tuscan Valley is magnificent of course but I had never seen it in early autumn and it was, as always, a huge revelation. One revelation was: don't...
Continue ReadingIt snowed. Blessed snow. It covers the plants that need protection, weighing some down and I have to whack away with a broom to release them from the crushing weight. Here's my HAPPY NEW YEAR from my garden to yours. ...
Continue ReadingTHE TABLE IS SET WAITING FOR THE FAMILY MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. HAVE THE BEST DAY POSSIBLE XXXMARJORIE...
Continue ReadingIt is seriously odd, discombobulating to be in a city so besieged by problems that is, at the same time, so very normal. I suspect this is being a tourist. We carry on in a perfectly ordinary touristy way by going the museums and then...
Continue ReadingI'm going to be in Picton, Prince Edward County, on Saturday July 21st. I'm speaking at the Regent Theatre at 11 a.m. and really looking forward to this. I haven't been to the county in ages. I'll be going out to lunch with four members of the...
Continue ReadingIt's dreadful what we do to city trees. Yet another old one was chopped down on our street last week. There might have been a reason (a Norway maple of great age, hollow in the middle) but it also might have been saved for a...
Continue ReadingThe garden this week is beyond glorious. I have more stuff to plant and then to take pictures of it. I was on Fresh Air (CBC radio) on May 19th and mentioned that I was upset that I couldn't find compost without the addition of peat...
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