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Spring has Sprung03.17.09

Ok I know that Spring doesn’t officially arrive until Friday, but it sure seems like Spring outside! Even some of my plants think so!

Over the weekend and earlier today I took a walk around my tiny front yard and the backyard garden and much to my surprise I found several plants either greening up [...]



Posted in Garden Buzz, Spring Tasks, The neighborhood, Toronto, Weather relatedwith 3 COMMENTS →



Tropical bloom01.18.09

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I grow several tropical vines, mostly passion flower, that I have to bring indoors each fall as they can’t withstand our harsh winter temperatures here in Toronto.
One of the vines that I bring indoors I still haven’t identified. I think it might be some kind of trumpet flower, but still … I’m just not [...]



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An icy flower for an icy day12.14.08

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The weather outside is miserable right now. It’s cold and instead of snow there are ice pellets coming down! I think everything will have a coat of ice on it when I get up in the morning. Brrrr.

As I thought about what kind of post I’d do for Green Thumb Sunday the [...]



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Autumn in the park12.10.08

Wordless Wednesday

A few weeks ago the park we take our dog to for hikes in the woods looked like this.

This was as nice as our fall colors got this year in Toronto.
That’s long gone of course. We’ve had snow a few times, and the leaves have fallen off the trees. Winter is [...]



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