Cleomes and phlox in the garden08.17.08

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Cleomes are strange looking flowers. They grow on long stocks and bloom as they grow. They have long spidery things that stick out all around the blooms giving them their strange look.

I plant these flowers along the back edge of my garden. They grow to approximately 4 feet tall so they help screen me [...]



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More garden safety tips07.29.08

As with just about anything you do around the home or in the workplace, it’s important to practice gardening safety when you garden. There’d be nothing worse than seriously injuring yourself while you’re gardening and then ending up being unable to maintain your lovely garden.
Health Precautions

Since one aspect of gardening is digging in the [...]



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Spring garden maintenance complete and front boulevard planted05.05.08

I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by to express their condolences on the loss of Chris’ cousin who was a very good friend of ours. I was supposed to be in another city and attending the visitations today, but I got really sick yesterday and our car broke down. So I’m [...]



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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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