Rose of Sharon blooming08.10.08

Join I’m always surprised when I look at the stats for this site and I see the search term “Rose of Sharon” come up almost daily all year round. There’s obviously a lot more people than I thought looking for information about Rose of Sharon shrubs! My Rose of Sharon came to me 7 years [...]



Posted in Blooming today, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Summer in the Garden, Trees and Shrubswith 12 COMMENTS →



Dog fur in the garden to deter pests?04.04.08

Ever since we created our garden six years ago we noticed that we occasionally have nocturnal visitors. These visitors come in the form of very large raccoons and a variety of house or stray cats! We have a security light at the back porch and it’s regularly triggered at least once each evening and I [...]



Posted in Garden Tips, Home and Lifestyle, pests, Pets and Wildlife, Recreation, The neighborhoodwith 7 COMMENTS →



Time to face the heat07.31.07

It’s almost 9 pm and I’m gearing up to go outside and begin watering my garden. It’s been a very hot day. It’s finally dropped down to 30 Celsius (86 F) but with humidity it’s still 36 Celsius (96.8). Wish me luck! I didn’t water yesterday even though it’d been hot all day. We’d watered [...]



Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, Home and Lifestyle, Summer in the Garden, The neighborhood, Toronto, Weather relatedwith 4 COMMENTS →




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