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 […]

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If you need a dehumidifier check the product ratings at Wize11.15.07

Our summers here in Toronto are so hot and humid that I’ve seriously considered getting a dehumidifier. Obviously now that the weather is cooling I don’t need one now, but come spring I think I’ll be looking for a small one to put in our basement and perhaps one to put on our […]

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I’m back from Vegas11.12.07

Sorry for the lack of posts since Wednesday. I had planned to write regularly while I was in Vegas, but I barely had an internet connection in my hotel so I was unable to make any new posts!
That was such a drag! I was in Vegas for two blogging conventions and ended up with […]

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Time to bring the tropical plants indoors!10.19.07

It’s cooled down here in Toronto quite a bit over the last week. In fact, some night’s have started to get close to freezing temperatures.

So, I think I’m going to bring all my tropical plants indoors again. I did put all the tropicals like the passionflower vines, the jasmine, ornamental peppers and so […]

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