What’s black and white and mulch all over? Yes, newspapers. With a family addition nearly due to distract them, our […]
Mulch ado about weeding
Warning: Dog-Strangling Vine about to pop
This may be our last chance this summer to catch a major pest before it spreads its seeds. Watch out […]
The taste of a fresh beet: Unbeetable
How can one describe the taste of a fresh, fresh beet? Sweet, with something of the earth about it. Beets […]
Hi Lily, Hi Lily, Hi lo
The fleeting beauty of certain flowers might be what makes a song of love such a sad song*. Now it’s […]
Tomato problems: Curly Top Virus
This is one of Sarah’s tomato casualties, which I think we’ve IDed as being felled by beet curly top virus, […]
Because of the sand which is there
Today’s headline is the punchline to the joke: Why will Toronto gardeners never go hungry? The gas-main excavations in many […]
Shade garden housekeeping: Sports
With shade gardening, there’s a difference between plants that are shade lovers and shade tolerant. Hostas, for example, are often […]
Who knows what lily beetles lurk…
So-called-summer 2009 has been the summer of love for lily leaf beetles. Since I wrote about them on June 1st, […]