It was a sight for winter-weary eyes, and if I hadn’t been stuffed up with a cold, I know the scents would have been heaven to my nose! Yes, Canada Blooms has come and gone for another year, but not before I had the opportunity to scope it out. Rather than bore you [...]

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My calendar sent me a reminder this morning about Canada Blooms - The Toronto Flower & Garden Festival. As if I needed reminding - tomorrow is the big day! This is just one more sign that spring has sprung in Ontario. Each year hordes of people flock to this spectacular horticultural event. [...]

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Here’s my proof that spring has sprung in Ontario, Canada.

If I hadn’t done a load of laundry on Sunday, I would have missed seeing this not-entirely-obvious sign of spring. The dryer vent just happens to blow warm air onto this little spot in the garden by my garage door. This is a very, [...]

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Help, I’m being held hostage by the latest winter storm warning! Just sitting around is so not in my nature (unless it’s sitting on the stool in front of my computer). My house is clean - relatively, the laundry is done - mostly, the dishes - in the dishwasher, my little boy - [...]

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Two days ago I could see the tops of some of the bulbs I planted in the fall peaking out of the earth. It was in a small patch of the garden that had been exposed by mild temperatures. The drip, drip, drip from the eaves was like music to my ears. Imagine [...]

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Hey, I’ve been doing something green for over a year without realizing it! When I ordered my laptop computer last year I was so excited I walked around for several weeks saying “Dude, I’m getting a Dell!”. Now I’m excited because that Dell (which I love, BTW) uses less power than a [...]

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See that cute little gal over on the left sidebar - the one who’s all decked out and ready for working in the garden? I designed her myself at designhergals.com. Yup, I picked everything out for her from the fashionable rubber boots on her feet to the style and color of the hair [...]

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If you want to do a little warm up before you get your garden groove on there’s no better time than from March 12 to March 16 and no better place than at Canada Blooms: The Toronto Flower & Garden Festival.
Stretch your legs by exploring 6 acres of Feature Gardens. Shake [...]

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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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