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Dahlia thief?
As the Garden Grows | August 14th 2008 by Tricia
Can you believe this? You know my lovely planted front boulevard? Well the other day when I was outside with my Lab puppy I took a moment to survey the garden. Much to my astonishment I saw that one of my Dahlias was lying flat on the ground. I to read more
Japanese Beetles damaging the garden
As the Garden Grows | August 9th 2008 by Tricia
I always thought that Japanese beetle infestations were at their worst in July. Why then, are they suddenly attacking some of my roses in August? I’ve luckily never had too much trouble with Japanese beetles. Only a few here and there each yea read more
Pumpkin Patch on a Stick and an Altered Tomato
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | August 2nd 2008 by kate
So, when I rigged it up, I thought the dog crate around the pumpkin patch would just be a temporary fix; I just needed to protect seedlings from The Voracious Marauders. But I never removed it, and now the dog crate is the pumpkin patch. Actually a v read more
Confessions
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | July 29th 2008 by kate
So, you guys, I have a dirty little secret: My balcony garden sux. Yes, I’m guilty of selective blogging. Week in and week out I post photos of my plot garden and hope that no one will notice the sad lack of updates on the homefront. I promise read more
More garden safety tips
As the Garden Grows | July 29th 2008 by Tricia
As with just about anything you do around the home or in the workplace, it’s important to practice gardening safety when you garden. There’d be nothing worse than seriously injuring yourself while you’re gardening and then ending u read more
Mutant Tomato Update
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | July 23rd 2008 by kate
We calls him The Grinch: It’s at least three tomatoes fused, with leaves fringing out from the center and the sides. A hairy, mutant Black Krim that will scare the kids at Christmas. Truly a tomato worthy of that “Play with Your FoodR read more
Timelapse
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | July 18th 2008 by kate
Mid-July. Jesus, that late already. Rewind and replay, from the top: I started with good earth, built up better earth on top of it, planted it, mulled over it, watched the apple blossoms fall on it, lost many peas to a woodland foodie and then built read more
Helpful tips to avoid injuring yourself in the garden
As the Garden Grows | July 17th 2008 by Tricia
Now that it’s July you’ve probably finished most of your major gardening work for the summer, unless of course you are in the process of doing some landscaping. However, it’s always a good idea to use proper body mechanics while in read more
Water gardening tips and ideas
As the Garden Grows | July 15th 2008 by Tricia
Perhaps you’ve been wanting to do something different with your backyard this year. Rather than just doing the standard garden, you would like to do something more unique. After giving it some thought, you have decided that water gardening migh read more
Hunky Vegetables
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | July 6th 2008 by kate
Today my mom and Freya stood by Vineplot for scale. From back to front: four tomatillos, four tomatoes, four zucchinis. There’s also scads of baby lettuce, arugula, chard, and basil under the vine foliage. I have truly maxed out this little pl read more
More Meditations on Pests and Scourges
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 22nd 2008 by kate
You know, I just wasn’t as observant of my garden last year. Already I have noticed a host of insects — pests and otherwise — that must have been present last summer, but that I just didn’t notice or care to identify. The main read more
Regeneration, Creeping Evil
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 20th 2008 by kate
The peas have staged a full-on comeback and are now blooming. I can’t believe these things survived, let alone have the gumption to flower and, possibly, fruit. I believe in regeneration now. …Which is why I’m very carefully tendin read more
Brandywines! And heavy on the updates
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 16th 2008 by kate
I lucked into six Brandywine ‘mato starts from my neighbor Susan. What a windfall! I’m so excited. It has taken me several days to transplant all of them, mostly working at night, frequently in the rain, enjoying getting really dirty (goo read more
Live Action Slug vs Copper
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 13th 2008 by kate
So there it was in the garden yesterday — a slug, but also a guinea pig for my copper tape repellent. I can’t say I was amazed with the results. Amazing would have been the slug curling up and rolling off, crying, “Los! Schnell!! read more
Organic Underdogs
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 9th 2008 by kate
Heat wave: 90’s and humid. Freya and I have been hunkering down indoors near the air conditioner Nev’s folks bought us — a life saver. Without it, it would be running 95 in here. As it is, with the condo’s less-than-stellar ai read more
More Plants. More Trellises.
The Root: One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it al… | June 5th 2008 by kate
I have doubled my tomato crop and it’s all heirloom, all the time. I had a hunch, when I went to the farmers’ market yesterday, that I would come away several plants richer. Sure enough, I fell for a pair of Striped Germans. Those of you read more
Making a Raised-Bed Garden
As the Garden Grows | May 29th 2008 by Tricia
Back in 2002 when we landscaped our yard and started our garden we decided to create a raised bed garden. We decided on raised bed gardening for a number of reason. The main reason being the soil in our yard seemed to be composed of mostly sand and c read more
Spring garden maintenance complete and front boulevard planted
As the Garden Grows | May 5th 2008 by Tricia
I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by to express their condolences on the loss of Chris’ cousin who was a very good friend of ours. I was supposed to be in another city and attending the visitations today, but I got really sick yest read more
Everything in the garden is growing as it should!
As the Garden Grows | April 27th 2008 by Tricia
JoinIt’s a beautiful day here in Toronto and I’m hoping to go outside shortly and get some gardening done. I still have to spring clean at least half of the back garden and all the roses need a trim. With all the snow cover we had over wi read more
Terra Firma Landscape and Design servicing North Texas
As the Garden Grows | April 24th 2008 by Tricia
Normally when I write a post on this blog I discuss my garden, the types of plants I grow, plant profiles and garden maintenance tips. Usually when I write I discuss topics as though I’m talking to fellow gardeners. However, I realize that not read more
Pest Control
New Gardener Showcase | April 6th 2008 by New Gardener Showcase
Many people who began gardening between 1940 and 1970 believed spraying everything in the garden with poisons was the only way to cope with plant pests and disease. Since then, many gardeners have found that this cure can be worse than the problem. P read more
Signs of life in the garden
As the Garden Grows | April 6th 2008 by Tricia
Join I’ve very pleased to announce that the snow that covered my garden beds for most of the winter is now almost gone and that there are signs of life in the form of green sprouts coming up everywhere in the garden and even my lawn. I saw our read more
Spring tasks to get your garden growing
As the Garden Grows | March 28th 2008 by Tricia
It’s been a long winter Many of us in the North experienced one of the snowiest winters that we’ve had in years. Cool temperatures are continuing even though it’s already officially spring. I’d say that this year we’re read more
I love this weather
As the Garden Grows | January 12th 2008 by Tricia
The weather’s been so nice hear in Toronto lately that it’s almost felt like spring! My husband and I just got back in from taking our Labrador Retriever puppy out for a walk around the neighborhood. Now it’s only 1 Celsius out, ju read more
Use a rain water tank to conserve water
As the Garden Grows | January 12th 2008 by Tricia
I think just about everyone these days does at least a little to conserve resources. Some do it to help save the planet while others might do it to save money or for other benefit. Now I know that many of you who read this blog are gardeners. Some read more
New Question and Answer Page
As the Garden Grows | November 15th 2007 by Tricia
I don’t know if you’ve noticed it yet, but across the top of the page under the header I have listed a number of what I feel are this sites important pages. Green Thumb Sunday, how to join the GTS list, A list of what I’m growing i read more
Still recovering from my trip and starting to winterize the garde…
As the Garden Grows | November 15th 2007 by Tricia
I’ve had a heck of week or three between being sick before I went to Vegas and getting even sicker while I was there. I’m still not up to par but I’m doing a lot better today than I have in more than a week. I think … We got read more
A robot made for cleaning the gutters
Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas | October 1st 2007
In the old days, we didn't have gutters. Then when we got them we employed slave labour to clean them for us or flipped a few coins to our eager children as a Saturday chore. Today, we hire contractors.... read more
Tidying up the garden on a nice fall day
As the Garden Grows | September 25th 2007 by Tricia
Do you ever just go in your garden and start chopping away at the plants? Of course you do, most of you are gardeners. Naturally by chopping away I simply mean you see a dead branch on a rose bush or shrub, some dead leaves here and there on other p read more
We chopped down most of our sunflowers
As the Garden Grows | September 13th 2007 by Tricia
On Monday afternoon and into the evening we finally got around to cutting down / trimming our Sunflowers as per the notice that we received from the city last week. Last Tuesday or Wednesday we were given notice that our Sunflowers that grow in the b read more
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