Archive for April, 2008

Hens and Chicks in the garden04.20.08

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When we first moved into our house it had a garden, but not a great garden. It had a lot of weedy plants that spread throughout the garden and even into the grass. I can’t remember the name of this simple green leafed plant, but it was everywhere and it’s notoriously invasive.

Other than […]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Landscaping, Photography, Spring Tasks, Torontowith 13 COMMENTS →



Chinodoxa or Glory of the Snow04.19.08

It’s been a beautiful week here in Toronto. The plants in my garden have shown their appreciation of the warm weather by growing and growing and growing some more!

The Chionodoxa, Glory of the Snow, is blooming. One day the plants were just short little green leaves, the next a few tiny buds […]

Posted in Bulbs, Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Perennials, Photography, Plant Profileswith 3 COMMENTS →



Hide your garden gloves!04.16.08

Wordless Wednesday

A thief is on the lose. Yep. This one specializes in stealing garden gloves.

I bet there’s a lot of gardeners in the neighborhood wondering where their other glove went.
Almost like putting socks in the dryer and discovering that some of your socks lost a mate, only this time the thief […]

Posted in Accessories, Garden Humor, Home and Lifestyle, Humor, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, Recreation, Wordless Wednesdaywith 9 COMMENTS →



Growing Monkshood04.15.08

It’s amazing how many plants are coming up in my garden. Every time I either look outside or go outside to look at the garden I notice how much the plants have grown or new green shoots coming up in areas that were barren the day before.
The monkshood is already making an appearance:

This is […]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Tips, Home and Lifestyle, Perennials, Photography, Torontowith 2 COMMENTS →



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