Category: Gardening
Growing Concerns: Cool weather good time for shed cleanup
Whether you have a shed or a space in your garage, here are a few practical tips to gain control over the accumulations of garden stuff.
Growing Concerns: Fall mums starting to bloom
It’s that time of year again! Fall mums have started to bloom and will be for sale in the next few days.
Tarragon, okra and cowpeas are new arrivals to the garden palate
Both the okra and cowpeas seed I planted this year were supplied by Ken and Martha Laing through the seed exchange that was part of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario conference last December
Growing Concerns: Gardens evolve, but their value remains unchanged
If you are frustrated, go pull weeds. You will be surprised how little time it takes to work through those feelings and be at peace again.
Growing Concerns: Portulaca versatile, low maintenance, heat tolerant
Here are a few plants I overlooked in the spring but will try now and perhaps they will make it onto my list of next year.