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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It’s really cooling off at night!09.18.07

Is it getting cooler in your area? It’s getting cooler here and the temperatures seem to be dropping lower than they should at night for this time of year.
On Sunday I happened to look at my weather widget on my computer and I saw that it was supposed to go down to 0 Celsius […]

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Is this a jasmine or not?08.29.07

Wordless Wednesday
Burning question. I bought this plant a few years ago. You know how some nurseries and garden centers don’t always have specific labels on their plants? Well this was marked as being a jasmine and as best as I can tell after looking at several varieties I think it’s Jasmine Sambac. […]

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The garden is shaping up06.18.07

Well, I finally managed to tidy up my garden and my arms have the scratches all over them to prove it!
Every rose I have has been pruned so now there are no more dead twigs standing up, visible over the new growth and blooms.

The garden looks so much better!
Chris and I went out yesterday afternoon […]

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