You Grow Girl: The Dirt

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

A Blue Bee?

Gayla — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:35 +0000

chicken2 [Flickr]

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

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City Chickens!

Gayla — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:20:24 +0000

I went to visit some city chickens yesterday afternoon. Chickens! I have a fascination with chickens, but alas, it is not legal to keep them in Toronto. And even if it were legal, I do not have a backyard. Some people do keep chickens on a roof, but between the raccoons, possoms, my cat, and [...]

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.

Spiderwort (Tradescantia)

Gayla — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:38:17 +0000

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.

Roof Garden Tour (June 2009)

Gayla — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:33:26 +0000

Click the image to see full-size. I’m long overdue to present a mini roof garden tour this year, let alone a garden tour of any kind. As always I’m behind, which inevitably leads to thoughts that things aren’t just right yet. Or the light is wrong. Then of course there is the classic, “But wait until [...]

Clematis (Yellow)

Gayla — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:48:40 +0000

Nutmeg and Mace (Myristica fragrans)

Gayla — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:39:47 +0000

Broccoli

Gayla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:44 +0000

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.