Tag: gardening

  • This Week in the Garden

    It’s mid June and summer is racing ahead with glorious abandon! I love, love, love this time of year when growth becomes riotous and every day seems to bring something new to the garden…a bloom here, a new volunteer there, a whole swath of colour somewhere else — pure magic that happens almost overnight. Here’s some of…

  • This Week in the Garden

    Nineteen years ago, when we moved into our house, the front yard consisted of a few overgrown cedars and the requisite suburban lawn. Much to my husband’s horror, I immediately began digging it up and turning the entire area over to perennial beds, gravel pathways, and a terrace (19 years ago, you just didn’t do that).…

  • Pictures From a Writer’s Garden

    If you’ve connected with me on social media, you’ll probably know already that I’m an avid gardener…I’m pretty sure every bio I write includes that information! 😉 Playing in the dirt connects me to the earth and makes me feel centered. Calm. A part of something greater than the hurly-burly going on around me. Because…

  • The State of the Garden

    Ah, glorious spring! The long weekend in May (Victoria Day) has long been held as planting day in the Ottawa region where I live. In past years, I’ve held off another week or two because of the threat of frost (eager beavers tended to have to replant tomatoes), but this year…this year was gorgeous.  And…

  • Fergus the Wonder Owl

    For those of you who asked to be kept up to date on my Rabbit Wars adventures in the garden, here’s how my predator owl solution has worked out. These are pics of the garden taken this past weekend: As you can see, my veggies are thriving…including the leafy green ones that had previously been targeted.…

  • The Rabbit Wars Part 2: Meet Fergus

    So here’s part 2 in The Rabbit Wars: I made it out to Lee Valley to buy the motion-activated sprinkler as planned — and got as far as their garden equipment displays (just inside the door) before the plan fell apart. 😛 What caused such disintegration, you ask? Only the fact that they have SO.…

  • The Rabbit Wars

    I am at war and this is my enemy: Wait! Before you go ‘awwww‘, don’t be fooled by the apparent cute, fluffy innocence. Trust me, this is a monster in disguise, wreaking havoc on the innocent and leaving destruction and ruin in its wake. No, seriously. What, you don’t believe me? See for yourself. Day…

  • The Hazards of Organic Gardening

    I’ve gardened organically since way before it became a popular thing to do. I will continue to garden organically for as long as I’m able to plant and weed. But there are some aspects of this whole organic thing that range from icky to downright hazardous. Case in point: After spending a lovely hour of…