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My roses don’t know when to quit!11.02.08

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It’s getting colder here in Toronto. Last night it went down to -2 Celsius. That’s below freezing folks … but my roses, some of them anyway, are still trying to bloom!
This is a picture that I took of my Parade Roses last weekend. As you can see they had beautiful rose buds.
Parade is a climbing [...]



Posted in Blooming today, Garden Buzz, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Weather relatedwith 17 COMMENTS →



When pumpkins go BAD!10.31.08

Happy Halloween!
Here’s some pumpkins that you do not want to mess with:

LOL isn’t that interesting?
If you have several pumpkins or if by chance you’ve grown your own you could make your own pumpkin man too … maybe not one as violent as this one though …

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Posted in Garden Humorwith 7 COMMENTS →



Yves Piaget roses love cool weather10.19.08

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Of all the roses I grow I think my Yves Piaget Romance rose is putting on the biggest fall show:

It’s just full of blooms!

As you can see from this picture the roses get a little over blown fairly quickly, but they stay this way, with their petals all puffed out for days, especially [...]



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Why not grow your own hydroponic vegetables?10.17.08

Have you ever thought of growing your vegetables hydroponically? If you live in a cold climate this might just be the best way to have fresh vegetables for your family year round.
The process of hydroponic vegetable gardening is different than regular gardening. The vegetables are grown in a liquid nutrient solution. The plants [...]



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