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Everything in the garden is growing as it should! • 04.27.08

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It’s a beautiful day here in Toronto and I’m hoping to go outside shortly and get some gardening done. I still have to spring clean at least half of the back garden and all the roses need a trim.

With all the snow cover we had over winter I don’t believe that I lost any [...]

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Chinodoxa or Glory of the Snow • 04.19.08

It’s been a beautiful week here in Toronto. The plants in my garden have shown their appreciation of the warm weather by growing and growing and growing some more!

The Chionodoxa, Glory of the Snow, is blooming. One day the plants were just short little green leaves, the next a few tiny buds [...]

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Spring tasks to get your garden growing • 03.28.08

It’s been a long winter
Many of us in the North experienced one of the snowiest winters that we’ve had in years. Cool temperatures are continuing even though it’s already officially spring. I’d say that this year we’re probably going to be two or three weeks behind on our normal Spring gardening tasks.

Normally the [...]

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Everything in the garden is growing as it should! • 04.27.08

Chinodoxa or Glory of the Snow • 04.19.08

Spring tasks to get your garden growing • 03.28.08

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