It was a green Christmas!12.27.09

Well, for the first time in a few years we had a green Christmas here in Toronto. I think in the time I’ve lived in Toronto (about 25 years now) we’ve had more green Christmas’ than white ones, but for the last few years we’ve had lots of snow at Christmas. It actually rained quite [...]



Posted in Home and Lifestyle, The neighborhoodwith 5 COMMENTS →



10 ways to minimize slugs and snails in the garden05.11.09

I just received a comment on my main blog, Tricia’s Musings, from a regular reader and he said that he lost most of his Hyacinth flowers to slugs this year. What a shame! He must have a very heavy infestation of slugs. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a slug on my hyacinth nor most [...]



Posted in Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Organic, pests, Spring Taskswith 17 COMMENTS →



Plants I thought I’d lost were just dormant for a few years06.22.08

Join I had a little bit of a surprise this year garden wise. You see there were some plants that I thought had died last year or the year before as they never came up in the spring. Well this year, after our long snowy winter I got a surprise … the Oriental Poppy in [...]



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