You Grow Girl: The Dirt

How to Compost and Reduce Waste

Gayla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:32:59 +0000

Since The City of Toronto is week three into a city workers strike that includes garbage collection, it appears (see above) to be a very good time to reintroduce some resources on small space composting. One sure-fire, easy way to compost that I haven’t included here is to dig a hole. Yes, like the infomercials say, [...]

Zinnia tenuifolia ‘Red Spider’

Gayla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:48 +0000

Pink Borage

Gayla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:43:40 +0000

I’ve never been able to determine why borage (Borago officinalis) flowers, which are typically blue, sometimes turn pink. Some books mention the possibility of pink and even white flowers but don’t account for why they appear. I don’t think it is related to soil pH as is the case with some flowers. Could it be fertility? [...]

Begonia Sutherlandii

Gayla — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:33 +0000

Handy Garden Tip: Hair Bobble Tomato Tie

Gayla — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:46 +0000

A friend gave me a pack of these “I Double Heart Jesus” hair bobbles years back and I’ve been trying to find an excuse to keep them ever since. I lived the bulk of my life with long hair until I cut it all off around age 30. Chances are good that I’m well over [...]

Clematis fusca

Gayla — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:00:59 +0000

Currant Worm on My Gooseberries

Gayla — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:40:32 +0000

These gooseberries aren’t from my garden, although judging by the chewed up state of its leaves I’d hazard a guess that they have suffered a similar plight. A week or two back, what was supposed to be a quick trip to the community garden turned into a caterpillar squishing marathon. The gooseberry bush and the [...]

Bee Balm (Monarda)

Gayla — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:43 +0000

A Word to the Water-wise: Irrigate Well

Gayla — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:45:30 +0000

The following article was printed over the weekend as a part of my food gardening series in The Globe & Mail. Summer has been a late arrival around these parts — heavy rains and thunderstorms have been in the forecast regularly since spring. It’s been great in some ways since many of my plants are [...]

Tansy & Spider Webs

Gayla — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:33:00 +0000

chicken2 [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:26:59 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

chickens! [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:11:30 PDT

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Chickens (Scratching) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04:58 PDT

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spiderwort (Tradescantia) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:41:48 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I posted another shot here.

Lunch from the roof garden (June 27, 2009) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:03:09 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

There are also other types of lettuce in here and some basil

roof panorama (June26, 2009) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:43:21 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I posted a mini tour of the roof today.

Facing East [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:43:16 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I posted a mini tour of the roof today.

Containers (Facing West) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:43:12 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a photo:

I posted a mini tour of the roof today.

Garden spiders (Argiope aurantia) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:59:10 PDT

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Garden Spiders (Argiope aurantia) [Flickr]

yougrowgirl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:40:10 PDT

yougrowgirl posted a video:

Was hard to focus. They are SUPER tiny and it was windy.