USDA Zone 6
Journals (100)
Where is everyone?-
The company that owns the building I live in, as well as the one next door, has a crew come in every so often to clear leaves. This is seriously appalling to me, but at the same time, everyone (including home-owners) in the neighbourhood is getting rid of their leaves by putting them at the curb...This entry is about Matt Middleton's Midtown Toronto garden.
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While the forecast is calling for unseasonably warm weather for the next week or so, I felt that the tomato and pepper plants were pretty much done producing for the season, so I spent some time cleaning out the vines/plants last night. As an experiment, instead of digging up the plants, I cut th...
This entry is about Matt Middleton's Midtown Toronto garden.
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In anticipation of low temperatures in the mid-30s tonight, I brought all my potted plants inside for the winter. My mother suggested that potted plants should be brought in when lows dip into the 40s, but that happened in mid-July this year!This entry is about Cmadler's Indoor garden.
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Something tragic happened in my community garden recently. The base of one of our water spigots was damaged, started spouting water, it became necessary to shut off our entire water supply… and no one knows when it’s going to be fixed. So… I live about 5 miles away. I take the...
This entry is about Redloon's My Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden.
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Green beans, Black Pearl tomatoes, Thai basil, Genovese basil, Oregano, Parsley, Lavender… and aphid-infested Nasturtium flowers (sigh)…
This entry is about Redloon's My Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden.
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the apple breed “Jonathan” was planted decades ago by the former inhabitants of the house. the tree is still giving fruits like crazy. i cut the tree everytime in february and let underneath different insect attracting flowers grown like members of the genus Sanguisorba and other mead...
This entry is about Baumi's variety vivid garden.
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Third generation of green beans this summer! Brought to work to share with co-workers. Introduced one person to RAW green beans for the very first time; her mother gardened extensively when she was growing up (in Mississippi), but apparently believed in thoroughly cooking all vegetables before ...
This entry is about Redloon's My Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden.
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We have the first sunflower opening up, finally. The morning glories are starting to blossom, too. It’s getting exciting, now. DD is very happy.This entry is about Sassafrass's DD's Sunflower House garden.
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Cucumbers, Basil, Brandywines, Nasturtium flowers
This entry is about Redloon's My Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden.
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The weather over the last few weeks has been distinctly non-August for Toronto: cold and wet, instead of hot and dry. While the lazy person in me is happy not to have to haul out the watering can every few days, the tomato fiend in me is very unhappy at the result of this weather: green tomatoes...
This entry is about Matt Middleton's Midtown Toronto garden.
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