Archive for the ‘Garden Maintenance’

A busy few weeks – but my garden is full of roses!06.25.09

Sorry I haven’t been writing much lately! It’s been a busy few weeks. My husband and I have had a few family things to do … like helping the in-laws put in a new fence, visiting with my brother and sister, attending some interesting events here in Toronto (Woofstock, The Mississauga Waterfront festival, [...]



Posted in Blooming today, Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, Home and Lifestyle, Summer in the Gardenwith 2 COMMENTS →



My rose buds are covered in aphids! Ugh06.10.09

I was outside in my garden today, wandering around looking at the four Clematis that are currently blooming and checking to see if any of my roses or if the peonies had begun to bloom yet and I noticed that almost all of my rose plants had tons of aphids all clustered around the rose [...]



Posted in Blooming today, Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, In The Garden, pests, rosewith 11 COMMENTS →



10 ways to minimize slugs and snails in the garden05.11.09

I just received a comment on my main blog, Tricia’s Musings, from a regular reader and he said that he lost most of his Hyacinth flowers to slugs this year. What a shame! He must have a very heavy infestation of slugs. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a slug on my hyacinth [...]



Posted in Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Organic, Spring Tasks, pestswith 12 COMMENTS →



Photographee examines the camera05.09.09

I don’t know who the photographer was, but they managed to capture a once in a life time shot!

The Blue Jays around here aren’t very friendly. Sure, they’ll eat from the bird feeders and visit some of my plants, but the minute that either my husband or I go outside or one of our [...]



Posted in Garden Humor, Garden Maintenance, Home and Lifestyle, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, The neighborhoodwith 2 COMMENTS →



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