Visualizing a new landscape plan is easier than you thought. Anyone who has a digital camera and a Windows Operating System has what it takes to redesign his/her landscape without landscape design software.
I’ve taken a lot of pictures of the gardens at the farm (Neglected Garden Gone Wild and Garden Gone Wild - Back [...]

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Most of the work last summer at the Garden Gone Wild was maintenance - trimming as required, pulling weeds when they popped up, watering, and periodic re-edging. I worked away at this maintenance while I
was at the farm. When I returned home, my mind would keep working. There are two large areas [...]

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Does anyone have any extra cd cases kicking around? Maybe you’ve lost the cds, but you’ve somehow managed to keep the empty cases? If that’s the case then this green gardening idea might appeal to you. Re-use and recycle those emply cd cases by turning them into a garden cloche.

A cloche works [...]

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For those looking to purchase a new garden shed, here are some modern shed pictures. It’s not hard to tell that my latest issue of Dwell has arrived! My mind is full of thoughts on how I could use a funky little modern shed in my backyard……a private sanctuary, a real office or [...]

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When seeds arrive from your seed catalog orders: organize packages (ie. those to start indoors, plant early, second planting etc.)
Use insecticidal soap to get rid of critters on houseplants.
Clean pots or flats for starting seeds indoors; prepare soil.
If you saved geraniums in the fall, cut them back, water and move into the sun. If [...]

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How do you keep warm on a cold winter night? Lately I’ve been cozying up to a steaming bowl of Garden Vegetable Soup and believe it or not I’ve been making it myself. Strange, but true. The recipe is so easy that even I can conjure up a batch with little or [...]

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For those suffering from gardening withdrawal, I strongly suggest a visit to Canada Blooms: The Toronto Flower & Garden Festival.
This year Canada Blooms takes place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from March 12 to 16, 2008. And with over 6 acres of amazing gardens, presentations and demonstrations, there will be something to [...]

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If you are short on space and still want to grow tomatoes, you’ll get a lot of bang for your buck with Sweet Million or another of the small fruited tomato varieties. Start the seed indoors in March and set out the little plants when threat of frost is past. They will [...]

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Are you busily poring over those seed catalogs searching for the perfect vegetable seed varieties to plant this year? For several years the “perfect” cucumber in my garden has been Orient Express. I don’t like those cucumbers that get bitter and seedy when they grow large. These ones taste more like the [...]

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Look what I found at the Dollar store! I remember my grandma used these kind of covers for storing leftovers in the fridge fifty years ago. I try to use containers that have their own matching lids, but sometimes you just can’t. In my efforts to not use plastic wrap or foil [...]

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