Archive for the ‘Spring Tasks’

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 [...]



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I just love gardening in the Spring04.26.09

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I think I love just about everything about Spring … well ok, maybe not the garbage that seems to blow on my lawn and gets tangled in my roses or the sometimes endless days of rain … but otherwise, Spring just might be my favorite season.
I love watching the grass turn from dry straw like [...]



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I think my garden is two weeks ahead this year04.22.09

I can’t believe how well my garden is doing so far this Spring. We had a much warmer than usual March (that means above zero temps instead of -20 C!) and that seems to have put my garden ahead by at least two weeks.
The Crocuses are just about finished blooming in the backyard – [...]



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Sunny days and Snowy days04.07.09

Here in Toronto it’s been snowing on and off for two days now, but we had a lovely Saturday. It reached 14 Celsius – perfect weather for taking pictures of the flowers that were blooming and the new plants coming up out of the ground.
Chris and I spent a few hours on Saturday cleaning [...]



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