flowers – The Trials and Tribulations of an Urban Farmer

Seeds of Life and Hope III

5 Apr 20205 Apr 2020

There is a lot of information out there now about staying positive. That said, the reality is that sometimes even with the best of soil, water and conditions, some seeds…

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Seeds of Life and Hope II

29 Mar 202029 Mar 2020

I am back at work. Rather than my office in downtown Toronto, my new location is my kitchen. My 3 hour a day commute has been replaced by 14 stairs…

Planting Seeds of Life and Hope

20 Mar 202021 Mar 2020

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”Martin Luther (1483-1546), monk, priest, theology professor, composer, central figure in the…

Touring the Greenhouse Collections

8 Mar 202014 Mar 2020

environmental controls in the Desert Collection The University of Toronto Growth Facilities are open to the public during the week. The four main collection areas: Tropical, Palm, Temperate, and Desert,…

Barbados Revisited: Coconut Court, Flower Forest and Wildlife Reserve

23 Feb 202023 Feb 2020

Our most recent trip to Barbados was in July 2019. I was on leave in February when I spotted a great seat sale and a hotel bargain, so I convinced…

Club Barbados, Resort and Spa and Hunte’s Garden

16 Feb 202023 Mar 2020

Last week I wrote about our first trip to Barbados in 2001. After many years away from the beautiful sun and sand, we finally made a return trip to the…

Why Pesticide Free Gardens Matter: Honeybees and Me

26 Jan 202024 Feb 2020

I was attending a conference at the Seneca College campus during a quiet study week this past October. Over lunch attendees were given the opportunity to take a tour of…

A Canadian Winter Garden

12 Jan 202024 Feb 2020

I spent an hour gardening outside on January 3 in Canada. This is not west coast, temperate Canada, but middle-of-the-country should be really cold and snowy winter Canada. We had…

A Garden Trip to Nova Scotia

5 Jan 202024 Feb 2020

I asked my son Gavin if there was some place he would like to go on a family trip. He immediately responded “Scotland!” Although he was in his early twenties,…

Top 10 Garden Resolutions

29 Dec 201924 Feb 2020

While I generally avoid unrealistic goals like weight loss and fortune finding, I do like to make positive plans for times ahead. As I look back at what was great…