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Although we’ve become used to green Decembers in Southwestern Ontario, roses blooming in the last days of a warm and wet November make winter seem...

27.11.2024 6

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It's Still Just Dirt: Time to appreciate indoor plants

The cold reality of November usually hits me in the garden. Most often, it’s late in the day and raining and I am struggling to find space in...

29.10.2024 10

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It’s Still Just Dirt: October landscapes are bold and vibrant

Of all the gardening seasons, autumn may be my favourite. I love it for its contrasts. Warm days filled with sunshine, mornings of sharp frost...

24.09.2024 5

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It's still just dirt: September more about editing garden than ending it

It’s when the sunlight turns golden that I know autumn has begun. That slanted light strikes differently. It shines across the stubbled fields,...

13.09.2024 8

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I love quiet summer moments in the garden

July is upon us and with it, high summer’s long, warm days.   Blue skies and warm breezes beckon us away from our regular lives to the beach,...

15.07.2024 10

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Discover summer scents in the garden

Spring has left us here in Southwestern Ontario as it usually does, quickly and in a bit of a wilted huff. Her fresh and subtle charm simply overcome...

03.06.2024 20

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Explore ‘orange’ as a dynamic garden colour

When The Ontario Horticultural Association announced that the 2024 colour of the year was orange, you may have asked the question – ‘ ...

29.04.2024 10

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Exploring a gardener’s way to save water

“April, come she will, when streams are ripe and swelled with rain.”   So sings Art Garfunkel in one of my favourite songs of the season...

25.03.2024 10

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Warmer weather kindles urge to garden

The season begins.   March always has me scanning the horizon. On the commute home, on trips with my family, anywhere I can, I track the setting...

04.03.2024 5

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