I’m not attempting to learn or practice my french, nor have I decided to start talking about hats or classical ballet moves; the type of cloche I’m referring to is a row cover. Since environment Canada has revised it’s spring forecast to a cold and a much later start then usual. I thought I would [...]
Just past the mid point of December and my Christmas shopping is almost complete, I have one last gift to purchase and I’m waiting for a handful to arrive via courier. Time to start think about the vegetable garden and what I intend to grow. It’s my intention to slowly add heirloom and heritage crops [...]
As you can tell or will soon learn, I’m slightly enthusiastic about the process of planting something and watching it grow. I’ve been surrounded by plants all my life and couldn’t possibly imagine a world without the rainbow of colors and hues of green that mother nature has graciously provided us with. My yard is [...]
2007 was very warm and one of the driest summers on record, besides the heat it was all around a perfect summer. The yard still had no fence. My only dog at the time Mimi thought this was the perfect scenario, moving from Toronto where she pretty much only experienced apartment life, city parks, with [...]
During the spring of 2009, I finally decided to do something with the backyard. I was fed up with the uneven, pockmarked, weed infested green strip I called a lawn. Something had to give, taking a stroll across the lawn was was not unlike a womens first experience in a pair of pumps, my poor [...]
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