flowers… 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…
Garden Crops… Fish are Garden Friends 19 Jan 202024 Feb 2020 Goldfish arrived in our home in the mid-90s. My oldest daughter was spending some summer break time with her grandparents when she came across an old fish tank in the…
flowers… 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…
flowers… 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,…
flowers… 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…
flowers… A Trip to the Emerald Isle 22 Dec 201924 Feb 2020 The first time I crossed the border I was 23 and we were on our honeymoon. We had time in between hotels and my new husband thought it would be…
Inspirations How I Crafted our Holiday Wreath 15 Dec 201924 Feb 2020 The first Christmas wreath I made was of grape wines from the backyard of our first home. I wove the vines together and added ribbons and ornaments. Thirty years later…
Dog Dogs in the Garden 8 Dec 201924 Feb 2020 My oldest brother Mark had a poodle when we were growing up. I was only two when the dog came to live with us and though I have vague memories…
flowers… The Top Six Reasons for Community Gardens 1 Dec 201924 Feb 2020 I was inspired to reconsider the uses of my own little plot of earth five years ago when I first visited the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Located a…
About Me… Planting Good Seeds for Change 24 Nov 201924 Feb 2020 My husband says I could never let a plant die. I do have fern that I received before I married him. His mother gave it to me to see how…
