So my veggie garden is still under four feet of snow — does that stop a keen gardener from planning for a new planting season? Heck, no!
One of the first plantings that will go in (when Spring eventually arrives in Atlantic Canada) will be the salad garden of mixed mesclun greens and spinach [...]
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pest control,
salad garden,
slug,
snail
You can’t go wrong with the classic turkey (or a cocky classic rooster, for that matter), but here’s a fun new twist on the rustic Autumn yard art.
No carving.
No mess.
Reusable for years to come…
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pumpkin,
rooster,
squash,
Thanksgiving,
turkey,
vegetables
Yes, you guessed it — there’s a new shop on the block, garden fans! Goods for the Garden hits my list of sources for garden art and accessories, partly for its earth-friendly attitude… but mostly, I have to confess, for the sheer luscious beauty of the products.
The Campo De’ Fiori line of terra [...]
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instructions
photo by amberdc.
Want to grow a variety of herbs, but only have a small space for a garden? Stuart Robinson, one of our favourite Aussie gardeners, offers the Herb Spiral as a unique solution!
Basically, an herb spiral garden is an attractive and useful “permaculture” gardening method, a construction that winds its way up [...]
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garden,
garden art,
herbs,
idea
Friends are very forgiving about small garden imperfections (that’s why they’re friends!) but this year, we’ve got A Big Wedding Anniversary coming up in the extended family and everyone’s keen on making the party an outdoor event. We’ll want the place to look its very best for the occasion — but re-designing the landscape [...]
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organizing,
plants