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Tag: Gardening
Bookshed: What’s Wrong with my Vegetable Garden?
What’s Wrong with my Vegetable Garden? David Deardorff & Kathryn Wadsworth 2011 Ever find yourself looking at a greyish leaf or a pattern of insect damage on a plant and asking yourself what’s going wrong? In my backyard I invariably find myself fighting the… Continue Reading “Bookshed: What’s Wrong with my Vegetable Garden?”
Another productive Monday
To my door for vertical planting, I have added two windows, fished out from behind our garden bench where I stashed them ages ago after they were removed from our house. Purpose? A new pea trellis! And possibly a cucumber trellis after peas are… Continue Reading “Another productive Monday”
Signs of life
Things come alive in fits and starts once the days get longer. My evergreen clematis is making signs of flower for the first time. Garlic is the first edible to show itself, in time with other bulbing plants which foreshadow the true spring weather.… Continue Reading “Signs of life”
Spring dreams – around the corner from green…..
After three heavy reading posts in a row – it’s time for something dreamier, lighter, more inspiring don’t you think? That is, it’s almost the end of January and I’m thinking about the garden again. Though it’s hard to imagine when I look at… Continue Reading “Spring dreams – around the corner from green…..”
Getting frosty.
I know that elsewhere in North America there is already snow but I am surprised by the level of frost in Van this morning just the same. This may be our first real killing frost of the season which means I’ve got to get… Continue Reading “Getting frosty.”
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