Goodbye corkscrew hazel; Hello fothergilla

My corkscrew ha buy female cialis online www.northwestmed.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/female-cialis.html no prescription pharmacy zel (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’) in happier times   I’m just awaiting the paperwork. Eastern Filbert Blight has again reared its ugly – uckily ugly – head, as predicted and feared when I wrote about it back in March. Now I’m waiting for an envelope […]

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Sweets for the nose in November

The nose doesn’t have much going for it in online pharmacy buy zanaflex with best prices today in the USA the month of November. That’s why we treasure any little bit of sniff going our way. The smell of fallen leaves is always heady to me, especially sugar maple leaves (Acer saccharum). Then there’s the […]

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Darned good ‘Bloodgood’ Japanese maple

Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ This is when the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) ‘Bloodgood’ really starts living up to its name. Today, the sun was lighting up maples like this all over the city. ‘Bloodgood’ is one of the tougher ones – which it has to be in my dry shade garden. This is its second year, […]

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Birgit Piskor, gardener and sculptor

Here’s the inspiration I promised when I wrote about concrete garden projects last week: works of imagination – all of them carefully crafted of concrete – by Victoria, B.C., sculptor, Birgit Piskor. And here’s the bonus. Not only is Piskor a gifted sculptor, she is also a gifted gardener. buy cymbalta online waynegeneralhospital.org/home-health/html/cymbalta.html no prescription pharmacy […]

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A Laneway Surprise: A Secret Rose Garden

Roses ex buy kamagra polo online youngchiropractic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/kamagra-polo.html no prescription pharmacy tend all along the fence. All driveways should be this lucky. Some gardens simply stun you, particularly when they sneak up on you unawares. I stumbled upon this garden gem while walking my dog the other day. Bored with the same old route, I’d taken […]

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Which hazel? Witch-hazel

Guess which witch caught my eye while walking? Are they witches’ caps or gnomes? Whatever they are, they called to me (and my ever-present camera) from the shrubbery as I power-walked through our neighbourhood at 7:30 this morning online pharmacy buy accutane with best prices today in the USA . Not till I started to […]

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November vegetables

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Repetition in the garden: I’ll repeat that

The good-things-come-in-small-packages garden of Paul Geary, he of Petal Pushers garden therapy, is around the corner and down the street. To compensate for the petite size of his own garden, Paul has made his city-owned boulevard strip a thing of beauty. Right now the strip is a particularly fetching bouquet of purple and gold. See […]

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Giving thanks for Thanksgiving

I’m thankful there are still stars in the sky. You’re apt to forget about stars when you live immersed in  the light pollution of a city. This Thanksgiving, Sarah’s family and mine celebrated together at her one-room schoolhouse in the country. Urban glare is starting to creep in at the corners of her sky, but […]

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Celebrating Apple Season

  A big bag of fresh-picked apples is sitting on my kitchen counter. And I mean a BIG bag. If we had a bushel basket, it would be full to overflowing. What kind did you pick?, I asked my daughter.   Oh, lots, she replied. Jonagold, Northern Spy, Empire, some other kinds. It’ll be a […]

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Through the Garden Gate: Day Two

More garden inspiration from Through the Garden Gate 2010 in “my” neighbourhood, the buy prevacid online mariettaderm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jpg/prevacid.html no prescription pharmacy Beach. Some of the tiniest gardens were the most intriguing due to the added challenge of space – or lack thereof. The Asian-inspired garden above is one of five or six on this year’s tour […]

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What makes a garden great?

Last Sunday, Sarah and Helen visited Barry Parker’s Open Garden Toronto and were once again blown away by this lovely Parkdale garden gem. Helen: The first thing that impresses me about Barry’s garden is its structure. Structure is one of the things that moves a garden from good to great. And Barry proves that you […]

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