That Wonderful Smell? It’s Fall

We are well into fall now and careening into winter, but I can’t let the season pass without noting some of fall’s favourite smells. No matter how long ago you were a student, a new school year always lends fall a special personality: an odd contrast of something starting up, while the growing season is screeching […]

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The Science of Scented Plants: More complicated than you might think

After discovering Richter’s Herbs yesterday I did some web searching and found a wealth of material on-line from Conrad Richter, president of Richter’s Herbs. His article, The Many-Splendored Scents of Herbs (say that 3 times real fast if buy bimatoprost online youngchiropractic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/bimatoprost.html no prescription pharmacy you dare) discusses the scientific aspects of the many highly […]

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What’s growing in June & July: Roses!

There’s something about Toronto and roses. Even the most unassuming front porch can often have an amazing display of climbing roses in June. I once took a course on perennials at the then-Civic Garden Centre (now, Toronto Botanical Garden). It was taught by Keith Squires, of Country Squires Garden in Milton (worth a visit for […]

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“The lemon lilies are in bloom again…”

At this time of year, the words above go through my mind, and often pass my lips, in a bad Katharine Hepburn accent (with apologies to calla lilies). Old-fashioned lemon buy tirzepatide online cphia2023.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/tirzepatide.html no prescription pharmacy lilies (Hem online pharmacy buy hydroxychloroquine with best prices today in the USA erocallis flava) are among the legacy […]

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Smell-o-vision

Too bad this invention doesn’t exist, as this post about garden plants whose smells I love would be a lot easier. How to describe smells? Almost impossible. I suppose there should be some way of doing it, like the way wine experts use descriptive terms to describe the flavour of wine. When I read those […]

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