I’m sharing my herbs with caterpillars

Days after I was moaning about seeing no butterflies in my garden, a big rain came – and soon afterwards came three butterflies. One was an Eastern Black Swallowtail, and I watched her lay eggs in a small pot of parsley. My first thought was: I’m gonna need a bigger parsley! buy prelone online greendalept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/prelone.html no […]

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Have you noticed fewer pollinators in 2020?

Have you noticed fewer butterflies in your garden in 2020? For me, the bees h buy strattera online doctorsquarters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/strattera.html no prescription pharmacy ave been plentiful, including the native ones, but butterflies of any sort? Rema online pharmacy buy fildena with best prices today in the USA rkably few. It’s probably not just in my garden, or […]

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Butterflies Migrate to Winter Stations 2019

Flutter down to Woodbine online pharmacy buy valtrex with best prices today in the USA Beach in Toronto’s east end to visit the 2019 Winter Stations and surround yourself with The Forest of Butterflies (PDF). You have till April 1 to see the half-dozen temporary installations in this annual design competition, this year with the theme of […]

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Fall can surprise you

Despite our best efforts, as gardeners and as just plain folks, we never know for sure what can happen in a season. There I was, walking west on Lake Shore in mid-October and a flutter among the hawthorns caught my eye. Could it be? Yes, it was! The little fella above, left behind by the […]

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Goodbye, 2017

You were the best of times, you were the worst of times, 2017. I’m sorry to see you go, but will be happy to see a new year begin, with all its possibilities. Let’s focus on the good stuff. Other wonderful things happened this year. To name a few: we won awards, were interviewed on […]

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Yarrow

Pink yarrow in the garden of Barbara Katz, #GBFling2017 on the TorontoGardens.com blog

Yarrow or Achillea millefolium is a reliable but kinda plain-Jane flower that’s easy to take for granted. That is, until you notice it used skillfully – as I did in the garden of U.S. landscape designer Barbara Katz on the 2017 Garden Bloggers Fling. Wow, I thought, looking at the vignette above, Great colour echo between the Echinacea and coleus. And, oh. […]

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David Suzuki’s ButterflyWay Project & Garden Rangers

Coming to a neighbourhood near you this garden season are a whole new crop of volunteer garden and wildlife enthusiasts who have been recruited by the David Suzuki organization to take on garden projects to r buy super kamagra online www.sip.sal.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/super-kamagra.html no prescription pharmacy evitalize nature and wildlife in the city of Toronto. I’m excited […]

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On ants, aphids and mutualism

[Update: Thrilled to announce that this post won Gold for Best Digital Writing at the 2018 GWA Media Awards from the Association for Garden Communicators. It was an unexpected honour, especially since the competition was online pharmacy buy wellbutrin with best prices today in the USA very worthy.] I’d wanted to tell you a cool thing about ants and aphids. These are […]

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Today, we need smiling bugs

These colourful bugs have long been replaced by huge mural on the railway underpass on the south end of Monarch Park in Toronto’s east end. As much as I’m in love with the replacement (and do intend to write about i buy glucophage online healthdirectionsinc.com/images/png/glucophage.html no prescription pharmacy t one day), I’m also glad I preserved these smiling faces for a day […]

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