It has been a wet few days. The roses have been slurping up that water and their growing tips and […]
Hey rose, what’s eating you?
Our baby (dawn redwood) leaves home
In 2007, we wrote about the whip of dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) that Sarah acquired in 2006 at Canada Blooms. […]
The Don Valley Brickworks: Wild At Heart – “Country” in the City
The Evergreen Foundation partnered with many others, including Toronto and Region Conservation, and the City of Toronto, to revitalize and […]
Open Gardens Toronto – June 2009
Open Gardens Toronto is a fantastic program that lets us take an informal tour of our fellow gardeners’ spaces during […]
“Red” alert: Lily beetle season
Witness here the final moment of a pretty but destructive Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii), an imported pest now chewing […]
Help! Valley-strangling vine!
Spotted during the Toronto Women’s Half Marathon in the Don Valley this morning (with my 15-year-old daughter; her first race) […]
Peep into an Open Garden
On a rainy Thursday this week, I popped over to one of the local open gardens, part of Open Gardens […]
Why gardeners say: Off with their heads!
Make like a squirrel now and lop off your tulip heads – or deadhead them – after they finish blooming […]