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Walkabouts 2010 #11: September 3, 2010
What a beautiful day outside today – no humidity factor, not too hot and relatively no mosq...
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Our "Edibles" #66: Cabbage Rolls
Sept 3/10 ...and today I made cabbage rolls for the freezer. I’ve never done this bef...
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Our "Edibles" #65: The Last of the Tomatoes?
Sept.2/10 Am I finally reaching the end of my tomatoes? I picked the last of the red ones t...
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Our "Edibles" #64: More Canning
Sept.1/10 Yesterday, my daughter and I teamed up and spent half of a day canning tomatoes. We ...
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The SPICES of Life #5: Emotional
... as we make our way through our SPICES of Life, we come to “e” – emotional d...
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Our "Edibles" #63: Tomatoes.. Preserving
Aug. 28/10 I picked another batch of tomatoes yesterday. The following photo is from a plant t...
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Our Wildlife Companions #17: 7 AM Adventures
August 22/10 “Here kitty, kitty… where are you?” In the middle of the nig...
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The SPICES of Life #4: Creativity
Progressing through out “SPICES”, we look at Creativity and the impact gardening has ...
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Our "Edibles" #62: oh my back ---
August 14/10 most of today was spent in the kitchen. At the end of the day I have: 7 quarts ...
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Walkabouts 2010 #10: Pictures for Last Blog
(August 7/10) The Chickens The Wasp Nest Dahlia (the third plant—found it!) Sil...
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Walkabouts 2010 #9: but no pictures
Aug 6/10 Today I spent some time outside doing a little of this and a little of that. I didn&#...
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The SPICES of Life #3: Intellectual
August 3/10 The third component of the SPICES of Life assessment is “Intellectual”...
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Walkabouts 2010 #8: Plants & Animals
July 31/10 It’s been an interesting weekend… “why?” you ask.. well ...
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The SPICES of Life #2: Physical Development
July 30/10 The second component of the “SPICES of Life”, in my assessment tool, is...
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Our Wildlife Companions #16: Out and About Today
July 29/10 Here is part of my new sculpture and you can see that it has started the rusting pr...
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The SPICES of Life #1: Social Interactions
July 29/10 Most of us have heard the phrase about the spice of life. I’m not sure what t...
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Sculptures #1: Flower Sculptures
July 28/10 Today, I went and purchased the last piece of metal fencing that I needed to wrap a...
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Walkabouts 2010 #7: July 25/10
What a beautiful day, today is!! I’ve spent a lot of time in the gardens today, pulling som...
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Our Wildlife Companions #15: A froggie-would-a-wooing-go, uh-huh
July 22/10 As I’ve said in the past, Rick and I spend a lot of time watching the pond, l...
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Walkabouts 2010 #6: July 21, 10
This is a quick walk-about .. well I didn’t really walk quickly – there weren’t...
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LumberJock Celebration
July 20/10 For those of you who are not an active member of our sister site “LumberJocks...
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Enjoying the Summer?
July 15/10 I feel like such a baby—here is it SUMMER, a special time of year here in Can...
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Wish List - fall 2010
July 13/10 I just received the catalogue from Breck and ooooooh the wishlist-shopping :) Her...
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Our Flower Gardens #37: Surprises and Questions
July 10/10 Today while weeding (after my two weeks off due to extreme heat and then rain yeste...
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Photography #3: Dahlia -- small but mighty
July 9/10 today we got rain – lots of it. (Thank goodness because my water barrels were ...
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For Iris
July 8/10 Look what I have! The plant has been flowering for some time, now, but I finally ...
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Our Flower Gardens #36: July 3/10
I was checking my gardens and was inspired to get my camera. Apples are doing well – not...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #16: June 2010 Update
just a quick update on our Cabin 1. a couple of weeks ago, for reasons unknown, the beautiful ...
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Our Flower Gardens #35: Poppies
June 26/10 I have poppies!! I took my life in my hands to get these photos! The mosquitoes wer...
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Our Wildlife Companions #14: Leaving the Nest
June 25/10 Last night I attended the Grade 8 graduation for a young lad that I have worked wit...
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Earthquake Tremors
June 23/10 1:45-ish, Rick and I were sitting in the living room and the couches started shakin...
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Our "Edibles" #61: what next?
June 23/10 the other day Rick and I put a netting over the area between the apple tree and pea...
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Our "Edibles" #60: Hardy Kiwi - Year II
June 21/2010 I had two plants in the garden from last year. Both plants were growing well earl...
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The Silver Lining
June 19/10 ... my crops may not be doing well, production-wise, but we are reaping the benefit...
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Our "Edibles" #59: 2010 - a write-off?
June 19/10 You might be able to tell by the title that I’m more than a wee bit frustrate...
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The Life & Times at MsDebbieP's
June 10/10 Warning: today’s blog is not for the faint of heart so if you are of a delica...
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Our Pond #23: A Trip to a Native Plant Nursery
June 9/10 Today, Rick and I took a drive to Acorus Restoration Native Plant Nursery to pick up...
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Bindweed
June 8/10 Bindweed: a pretty little plant with beautiful pinkish flowers. It belongs to the wi...
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Walkabouts 2010 #5: June 6/10
A little “walkabout” from this afternoon. I spent most of my afternoon tackling bindw...
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Our Pond #22: 2nd Pond & a River
June 1, 2010 Today was the day to tackle the new pond. The GoalThe goal is/was to create a ...
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Our "Edibles" #58: Re-thinking Garden for Next Year
May 30/10 This morning I went out to work on my “garden garden” and I was met with...
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Our Wildlife Companions #13: 2 Little Lovey Dovies
May 28/10 I was heading out to the gardens this afternoon and I noticed two doves in the tree....
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Stefang -- back to Lee Valley
May 25/10 This morning I made the trek back to Lee Valley to pick up some more wavy trellis th...
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My Trip to Lee Valley
May 22/10 Yesterday, I spent the morning making a trip to Lee Valley to purchase some of the d...
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Our "Edibles" #57: Planting Day #3 (2010)
May 20/10 Today I planted the rest of the peppers and tomatoes. (I had started planting them ...
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Walkabouts 2010 #4: May 19/2010
BEFORE I started doing some work today I went for a walkabout and took some photos for you :) ...
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Spring #19: Planting Day #1 (2010)
May 18/10. With the weather prediction to be nice for the next week or so, I spent the day pla...
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Our "Edibles" #56: New Plants are Planted
May 10/10 This morning I had a consultation (observing a young lad in school – interesti...
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Walkabouts 2010 #3: May 7/10
In-between rains I went outside and took a few pictures … and I also took some great shots ...
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My Carolinian Forest #9: Filling In The Gaps
May 7/10 I’ve been on the lookout for some hackberry bushes and my tree guy recommended ...
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TV Show - Permiculture
April 29/10 (on a side note: yippee—daughter and son-in-law are moving into their new ho...
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My Carolinian Forest #8: There's always room for one more tree, right?
April 28/10 Thanks to Darren at “Whistling Gardens” in Wilsonville I am now the car...
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Winter Sowing Challenge --- Seeds
April 27/10 Guess what arrived in the mail today??? !!! Thank you to Urban Farmer Seeds for ...
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i'm taking too many breaks today!
April 23/10 I think this is about my tenth time here at GT today, already! I’m spending ...
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Our Wildlife Companions #12: Hidden in The Tipi Area
April 23/2010 I went to check on my peas that I planted in the tipi area and as I started to w...
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Our Wildlife Companions #11: Tap, Tap, Tap
April 22/10 Who’s that tapping at my window? Who’s that tapping at my window? Who&...
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Our Wildlife Companions #10: Mama Robin - 2010
April 21, 2010 Last year, a pair of robins built their nest on some antlers propped up on the ...
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The Winter Season #15: Winter Sowing Update
April 10/10 I am keeping my eye on my winter gardening jugs… The broccoli are doing r...
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Our "Edibles" #55: Cherry Blossoms Friend
April 20/10 I was taking photos of the cherry blossoms yesterday and I had a surprise guest...
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Our "Edibles" #54: April 18/10 -- BRRRR
still very cold outside today (yesterday was CHILLY). But when the sun was shining for a wee bit ...
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Walkabouts 2010 #2: April 15/10
After Scott posted photos from his walkabout i thought I’d do the same. A muscle in my shou...
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Our "Edibles" #53: Asparagus
April 15/10 our asparagus is up!!! Soon we’ll be eating them.. yummy.
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Our "Edibles" #52: Sometimes, you've gotta do what you've gotta do...
April 14/10 The accomplishment of “gettin’ ‘er done” far exceeds the t...
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Our Flower Gardens #34: Spring Surprise: Primrose
April 11/10 I was working on my flowerbeds today (in this glorious weather), enjoying the croc...
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Spring #18: Seedlings: Long-necks
April 10/10 Quite a while ago I planted some “long-neck gourds” seeds. I so enjoye...
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Spring #17: Positive Thoughts to my Silverbells Tree
April 7/10 Today, we moved our Silverbells tree. Originally I had planted a Silverbells by the...
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Our "Edibles" #51: Thank-you Freecycle
April 3/10 You just gotta love the Angels of Freecycle who donate items – with no string...
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Spring #16: A Special Sighting
April 3/10 Yesterday, as Rick and I were heading to town, just down the road we saw a pair of ...
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Our Wildlife Companions #9: Another Unwanted Guest
April 2, 2010 I was just out on the deck playing/practicing the fiddle when a fly landed on my...
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Our "Edibles" #50: Strawberries
March 27/10 This year I need to start a new strawberry patch. I probably should have started i...
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The Winter Season #14: Winter Sowing Update: March 25/10
Yesterday I was sitting out on the deck and decided to, once again, check my winter sowing contai...
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Spring #15: Seed Organization
March 21/10 Last year I talked about organizing my seeds by “weeks before frost dateR...
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Spring #14: Mar. 20/10 - Pruning
the last couple of days we have done some pruning. apple tree. check osage orange. check (g...
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Walkabouts 2010 #1: Spring Walk-about
March 16/10 This afternoon Rick and I did a walk-about around the property to check on our tre...
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Spring Cleaning
March 12/10With spring around the corner, but the ground too wet to work in, I spent some time sp...
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Spring #13: Another sighting
March 11/10 I heard and saw a redwing blackbird today!And we saw a flock of swans go overhead....
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Comfrey - compost, fertilizer
March 11/10 Yesterday was my birthday (I am now a full-grown woman, according to Native belief...
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Spring #12: Could It Be?
March 8, 2010 Could it be? On my way home from town this morning I saw a robin. Yes, ind...
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Spring #11: Onions 2010
March 7, 2010 My goal with my winter sowing was to grow some really good onions this year. At ...
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Book Review: 100 Easy-to-grow Native Plants
March 7/10 100 Easy-to-grow Native Plants For Canadian Gardens, by Lorraine Johnson I purch...
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GT Talk #14: Garden Festival: Stratford, 2010 Part V - Rain Barrels
March 7/10 This is from a pamphlet I picked up at the Stratford Garden Festivalwww.conservatio...
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GT Talk #13: Garden Festival: Stratford, 2010 Part IV - Pruning Fruit Trees
March 7/10 Information from a pamphlet I picked up at the gardening show Pruning Trees and O...
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GT Talk #12: Garden Festival: Stratford, 2010 Part III (general gardening tips)
March 7, 2010 I went through the flyers that picked up at the Stratford Garden Festival yester...
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GT Talk #11: Garden Festival: Stratford, 2010 Part II
March 6, 2010(continued from previous blog) Information from the Presentations that I attended...
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GT Talk #10: Garden Festival: Stratford, 2010 Part I
March 6, 2010 With the morning sun shining brightly, Rick and I headed to Stratford. It was a ...
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Our Pond #21: 2010 planning
March 5/10 Sitting here, waiting for spring, my mind starts churning, thinking.. thinking.. th...
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Our Wildlife Companions #8: A Moment With Gabby
March 5/10 A few minutes ago I put some leftover chicken out on the deck (to the west of the h...
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Spring #10: Birds Get Spring Fever Too
March 3/10 This morning I watched a starling go into one of the birdhouses in our backyard. A ...
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I've got the "itch" (to plant)
Mar. 2/10 With the smell of spring in the air the “itch” is starting to rev up and...
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The Winter Season #13: Planning 2010 - take 3
Feb 25/10 After having completed plan A and plan B I think I have settled on my final (oh that...
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Our "Edibles" #49: Honeyberry
Feb 25/10 On another blog “honeyberries” were being discussed and I thought I̵...
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My Carolinian Forest #7: Grand Ol' Lady .. The Last of the branches
Feb 21/10 The last of the branches came down today. It was a long afternoon as I held my breat...
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Garden Layout "Map" - Tutorial
Feb 16/10 In case anyone is interested, I thought I’d show how I created my garden plans...
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The Winter Season #12: 2010 Planning: trees
Feb 15/10 This morning I had a thought (this is where Rick says, “uh oh”). As my g...
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Our Wildlife Companions #7: At the Feeder - Cowbird
Feb 9/10 This morning as we watched the birds arrive for their breakfast at our feeder, we not...
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GT Talk #9: Home & Garden Show - somewhere in Ontario 2010
Feb/10 (edited posting – original discussion talked about other options) We’re tr...
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My Other Blog
I posted the following blog (at Wordpress) this morning. “At GardenTenders.com the membe...
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What season is this?
Jan 28/10 It’s very cold outside today. We’ve had little blizzards off and on thro...
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Non-gardening: Finished LJ Awards Entry
if you’re interested, I finished my entry for the LumberJocks Awards event.
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My Carolinian Forest #6: The Grand Ol' Lady Maple Tree
Jan.24/10 Well, today the chainsaws came out and a couple branches were taken down from the &#...
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Our Wildlife Companions #6: At the feeder today
Jan 21/10 This morning I saw a redpoll and a housefinch at the feeder. We keep getting new spe...
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GT Talk #8: SW Ontario "Field Trip" to Canadales
Jan 19/10 FIELD TRIP TO CANADALE NURSERY The Proposal GT Members meet at Canadale Nurseri...
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Our Wildlife Companions #4: Starling Visitor
Jan 19/10 We have a new birdfeeder sitting on the deck railing so I can watch the birds from m...
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Our Wildlife Companions #5: Cute little bunny neighbours
Jan 18/10 All winter Rick has enjoyed watching two little bunnies in our yard. At first he jus...
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Our Pond #20: Fish Update
Jan 17/10 Well, we went through a really cold week or so and yesterday the sun shone brightly,...
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The Winter Season #11: WGC #4: Seed Searching
Jan 7/10 Today I stopped in at our local feed and seed store and I was told that they usually ...
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Our Pond #19: Bubbler - off
Jan 4/09 We are having extreme cold (extreme for us) and when I looked out at the pond today t...
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Our Pond #18: Winter Update -- all is still well
Dec 31/09 At Christmas, our weather was hovering around (just below) the freezing mark and the...
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Our "Edibles" #48: 2010 Seed Catalogue
Dec 28/09 I received my William Dam Seed Catalogue last week and took some time today to go &#...
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Our Pond #17: The Pros & Cons of Winter
Dec 27/09 Pond Update the netting (that I had on the pond to keep the pine needles from g...
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The Winter Season #10: WGC: Phase 3
Dec 26/09 After a little bit of this and a little bit of that my morning ended up with the pot...
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The Winter Season #9: Winter Gardening/Sowing
Dec 14/09 I was shopping today and thought I’d pick up some supplies for the Winter Gard...
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Our Pond #16: De-icer Purchased
Dec 14/09 I purchased a de-icer for the pond … another investment. Bob’s cold w...
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Our Pond #15: Keeping the Ice Open
Dec 12/09 Today, after several days of sub-zero temperatures, I looked out at the pond and the...
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Our Pond #14: December Update
Dec 8/09 I had a thought this afternoon—- I had covered our pond with a netting to catch...
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The Winter Season #8: Winter Gardening - Phase 1
Dec 8/09 Last month the challenge was made to do some “Winter Gardening” (or winte...
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Sustainability: Majesta
Dec 5/09 I was tossing out an empty box of Majesta tissues when I noticed the messages on the ...
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Our "Edibles" #47: 2010 is just around the corner
Dec 3/09 The end of the year is approaching quickly, too quickly really… Today, I found ...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #15: Latest Changes to the Cabin
Nov 16/09 photos are posted here
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Recipes #13: Whole Grain Porridge
Nov7/09 I adapted this recipe from one I found online. —————&...
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Moon Halo
Nov 4/09 This morning (at 4 AM) I woke up and the almost full moon had a giant ring around it....
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Our "Edibles" #46: Hardy Kiwi
Oct 13/09 I planted 2 hardy kiwi bushes this year (just baby plants) but the one had a handful...
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Recipes #12: Jerky Stew
Sept 29/09 Jerky Stew Ingredients: 3 cups water 1 cup dried tomato pieces (about 20 ...
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Recipes #11: Fowl Jerky
Sept 29/09 I’ve been making a lot of Goose Jerky in the past couple of weeks. The pro...
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Where is MsDebbieP?
Well… 1. she’s busy (haha)2. her computer won’t stay connected to the internet ...
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Our Pond #13: Fish Update #2
Aug 27/09 I’m sure you are all curious as to how my little “Nessie” is doing...
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Newspaper Ad
Dated Aug 23, 1944 3 Billion Dollars in Losses “It is estimated yearly loss from weed...
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Our Pond #12: Fish Update
Aug 25/09 When our fish hear me walking on the lower deck they come swimming to the surface to...
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Recipes #10: Green Tomato Relish
Aug 24/09 OK.. I took a nibble of this relish and it’s yummy. So here’s the recipe...
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Our Wildlife Companions #3: Nice Cast Iron Art
Aug 23/09 During the big rain this afternoon I went to put a dish of compost on the deck (unti...
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Dehydrating #3: Tomatoes
Aug 23/09 Dehydrating Tomatoes Tips firm tomatoes I didn’t peel them; seemed to w...
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Recipes #9: Green Tomato Mincemeat
Aug 20/09 I had a little of the mincemeat left over, after canning, so we did a taste test las...
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Our "Edibles" #45: Green Tomatoes
Aug 19/09 Well, it seems that the soil where my tomatoes are is calcium-deficient and my tomat...
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Our Wildlife Companions #2: Baby Wrens
Aug 16/09 Yesterday I helped the baby wrens move on to their next stage of life. The little...
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GT Talk #7: Picnic '09 Part III - Dahlias (photography)
Another gift from Jroot was a vase of dahlias! I knew that I was going to have fun with these. ...
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GT Talk #6: Picnic '09 PART II
Aug 16/09 Since it is supposed to rain in the near future I thought I’d better get my ne...
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GT Talk #5: Picnic '09
Aug 15/09 Today was the Summer GT Picnic and what a lovely time I had. Jroot, his wife, Gai...
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Lemon Balm -- is it a mosquito repellent?
It is said that “lemon balm” is a mosquito repellent. Simply rub some leaves on your ...
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Were Those Particular Cherries Contaminated?
July 10/09 At our family get-together yesterday there were four people who said that they had ...
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Our Wildlife Companions #1: Several Sightings
Aug 7/09 What a day I’ve had today – for being blessed with wildlife sightings. ...
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Our "Edibles" #44: Kohlrabi - Dehydrated
As you know, this year is really going to focus on dehydrating produce. Unfortunately, I didn&...
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Our "Edibles" #43: 2009 Preserves
July 31/09 I won’t come even close to Scott's produce (wow) but I do think it is importa...
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Our "Edibles" #42: July 26/09
My blueberry bushes are doing really well. I have gotten about 2 quarts of delicious berries off ...
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Our Flower Gardens #33: New Purchases
July 26/09 Last week we drove to London and “somehow” ended up at Canadale Nurseri...
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Our Local Weather
July 20, 2009 I just heard on the news yesterday that for June/July (to the 20th) in 2007, we ...
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Our "Edibles" #41: Blueberries
July 13/09 Today I was sitting at the picnic table eating some fresh peas when I looked out an...
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Our "Edibles" #40: Red Currants - Maggots
July 8/09 As the strawberries wrap up for the season the red currants are ready to pick. Today...
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Non-Gardening Item
Just wanted to share this pen that I made today – made from barnboards from my great-grandf...
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Our Flower Gardens #32: Lost in the Wild!
July 2/09 A couple of my flower garden areas have been on my list for a few years to “do...
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Our "Edibles" #39: Onions -- Maggots
June 28/09 On Friday, we had “hot dog night” with family. After our meal, my broth...
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Our Flower Gardens #31: More Guests - Doves
June 26/09 Yesterday, we greeted more guesta! Unfortunately, during our “potentially tor...
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Dehydrating #2: Tools
June 26/09 Well, the time has arrived for the real use of my new dehydrator. Up to now, I have...
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Our Flower Gardens #30: Drying Herbs & Flowers
June 23/09 This morning, I picked some of my herbs (anise hyssop, sage, chamomile) and some pe...
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Labyrinth #3: Grains
June 23/09 Today, as I walked my labyrinth I realized that my flax had flowered! Just the othe...
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More Guests: Swallows
June 19/09 We’ve been enjoying, for a while, watching the swallows swoop in and out of t...
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GT Talk #4: Posting Pictures from Picasa
I hope this little tutorial is helpful for our members who use Picasa Web Albums. Picasa 1....
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #14: It's getting closer!
June 16/09 Yes, indeed, it is getting closer to being completed! More than 4 years ago we b...
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Our "Edibles" #38: June 14, 2009
mmmmmmmm first radishes out of the garden
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Our Flower Gardens #29: June 10/09
I don’t think I showed you these iris’ yet. The colour is a soft mustard colour. Extr...
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Our Outing, Yesterday
June 10/09 Yesterday, Rick and I went to London to pick something up from Lee Valley. Prior to...
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GT Talk #3: Summer '09 Picnic??
(June 6/09) I’ve talked to Rick about hosting a Summer GT Picnic and he thinks it is a n...
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Our Flower Gardens #28: June '09
June 6/09 In-between rains I took my camera out to take some pictures of the flowers that are ...
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Rick's Bird Condo
June 6/09 Well, we finally got the mighty birdhouse up! Last winter, Rick spent many hours put...
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Our Flower Gardens #27: Clematis 09
June 4/09 Just to prove that “I” can grow clematis!! Here is not one, but two, ...
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Our Yards
June 2/09 Today Rick and I did a little of this and a little of that (again) and then I shuffl...
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What a day; what a day
May 30/09 Today was Rick’s first “retirement day” (again) and we had lots of...
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Our Flower Gardens #26: Rhubarb
May 29/09 Here are some photos of rhubarb in my gardens. ... around a rock, along with some ...
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Our Flower Gardens #25: Did You Hear Me Scream?
May 29/09 Did you hear me scream? No, I didn’t see a snake and I didn’t see “...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #13: Eavestroughs
May 28/09 Last week, the weather forecasts predicted rain for this week. Having used my one ra...
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Recipes #8: Dehydrating: Mushrooms and Potatoes
May 28/09 Before I start the blog I just have to say that we FINALLY are getting a good downpo...
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Recipes #7: Dehydrating: Mushrooms and Potatoes
May 28/09 Before I start the blog I just have to say that we FINALLY are getting a good downpo...
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Our "Edibles" #37: NOW - I'm getting annoyed!!
May 27/09 I came home from a consultation today and went out and checked the garden for the fi...
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Dehydrating #1: First Efforts: Pears & Limes
May 24, 2009 I have decided that I should record my attempts at dehydrating food so I will hav...
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Our "Edibles" #36: With A Little Luck and A Lot of Surveillance = Shell Beans
May 22, 2009 On my list of “first times” is some brown shell beans that I purchase...
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Photography #2: May Blooms
May 22/09 As I was wheeling around some dirt I passed by my silverbells tree and saw that it h...
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Plant Identification .... dead nettle
Does anyone know what this is? When I planted my Japanese Maple a couple of years ago this lit...
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Last of the Investments: Push Lawnmower
May 20, 2009 This morning, I called around to all the stores that I thought carried lawnmowers...
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Investments (and Reviews)
May 19/09 Can you hear the cash registers dinging?? Oh yes, the stores were smiling today. ...
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Our "Edibles" #35: The War Continues
May 17/09 Deer: 3Debbie: 0 But it’s not who wins the battles that matters—it...
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Our "Edibles" #34: Deer Me; Deer Me
May 15/09 Yes, I mean “Deer” and not “dear”. Rick and I did a walkabou...
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Spring #9: Somebody Hold Me Back!!
May 14/09 The sun is shining; the temperature is almost on the hot side; the soil is warm and ...
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Freecycle Treasures
I just got home from picking up some cinder blocks. Ah yes—another raised bed will be takin...
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Our "Edibles" #33: Apple Blossoms
May 13/09 I worried about my apple trees with frost (again) last night. But all is well!! S...
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Our Flower Gardens #24: Paniculata Clematis
May 12, 2009 Uh Oh.. Have I done the right thing?? Today I had to go to town and I decided to ...
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They Joys of Hanging Out Laundry
not my favourite task in the world. Ok – anything that has to do with housework is NOT on m...
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Our Flower Gardens #23: Tour, May 2009
I’ve been busy this week, doig this and that. Here is a little tour of my backyard
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Our "Edibles" #32: Fresh Veggies '09
May 1, 2009 Did I mention that we had asparagus fresh out of the garden this week? Oh it wa...
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Recipes #1: Wild Rice Salad
(sorry, no pictures—we ate it all, already!) Combine: 3 c. cooked wild rice1 c. cherry t...
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Photography #1: Inspired by Foggy Morning
April 26, 2009 This morning I was inspired by the foggy haze to grab my camera and head into t...
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Our "Edibles" #31: Beets, 2009
April 25, 2009 Today I planted beets. Half of the raised bed is filled with round beets and th...
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Our "Edibles" #30: Carrots, 2009
April 24, 2009 Today was the day to tackle the carrot planting. For those of you who werenR...
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My Carolinian Forest #5: 2009 Plantings
April 24, 2009 I received an email this morning from Whistling Gardens and that meant it was T...
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Spring #8: Is that ALL I did?
April 20, 2009 For the last several days I slugged and lugged and sweated in the yard, getting...
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Our Pond #11: Just a little VENTING!!!!
April 17/09 I invest in $200 worth of iron fencing (ok—any excuse will do when it comes ...
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Life In the Country
April 13, 2009 Some days you are reminded that life in the country is different than that in t...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #12: This story is for Joey.
April 11, 2009 Today, even though it is sunny out, it is really quite chilly out. I decided th...
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Taking a Break
April 10/09 Well I haven’t done any work outside today but I’m just as tired as ye...
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Spring #7: April 9, 2009
worked outside todayzz.zzz.z.zzzzzzzz.zzzzzzz (project http://gardentenders.com/projects/293)
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Labyrinth #2: Planting Begins
April 6, 2009 Well, today became more productive than expected. I almost feel like I’m &...
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Labyrinth #1: First Dig
April 5, 2009 I finally took the leap and started a labyrinth in my front yard. I hadn’t...
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Our Pond #10: Fish In
April 2, 2009 well, let’s hope that the cold weather that is heading our way won’t...
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Not Gardening: The Sewing Machine
Mar. 31/09 As mentioned earlier I picked up an antique treadle sewing machine at a second hand...
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Spring #6: 2009; It's started!
March 28, 2009 Two whole days outside in the yard!! WOW. Sunny, warm, fresh… life can...
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Home from BC
2009 I’m home and now am trying to get caught up on sleep. We arrived in BC Sunday ni...
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My Bread Making
March 3, 2009 I thought I’d show you some of my baking items. This is my doughpan tha...
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Recipe: Pumpernickel Bread
A discussion took place, over at HomeRefurbers.com re: the awards of making homemade bread –...
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Our "Edibles" #29: Seeds for 2009
Feb 17, 2009 My garden this year will be used for: providing the majority of our fruits and ...
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Spring #5: Plans for 2009
Feb. 17, 2009 As our little taste of spring waits for winter weather to hit us again in a coup...
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The Winter Season #7: At the Bird Feeder
Feb 3,2009 Sitting at the computer, watching for birds eating the seed that I put on the deck ...
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Our "Edibles" #28: 2009 - Seed Orders
January 6, 2009 Being inspired by the January Gardening discussion I checked out the seeds tha...
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Still Snowing
Dec 23, 2008 It’s still snowing here in SW Ontario. How much snow have we had, you ask??...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #11: Ready for Santa
Dec. 7/08 Our gazebo continues to transform. Rick and I laugh when we sit inside our “cl...
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Bonfire Breakfasts #2: A New Addition...
December 5, 2008 Rick and I are working on a new addition to our yard. I don’t have phot...
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Our "Edibles" #27: Chicken Soup For The Home Gardener
Nov 12, 2008 Yesterday I wasn’t feeling well and so I made some home-made chicken soup. ...
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Our Pond #9: Today's Saga
November 3, 2008 I wasn’t going to write about this but then changed my mind. Recap: ...
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Our Pond #8: Another Benefit to the Pond
October 30, 2008 This morning, I looked out to the pond to find it covered in a layer of ice. ...
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Recipes #2: Beet Salad
I haven’t tried this yet but it sure did sound yummy. Perhaps for tonight’s supper. ...
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Ginseng
Ginseng: supposedly a healthy plant that is also edible. Ginseng: supposedly a treasured health p...
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Bonfire Breakfasts #1: October 08
October 25, 2008 This morning was Bonfire Breakfast. Bright and early (7 AM) family arrived to...
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Our "Edibles" #26: A Tomato For Bob and Dan
October 19, 2008 I was out in my garden today and I found this tomato lying in the dirt.When I...
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Our "Edibles" #25: Anise Hyssop
October 18, 2008 This year I purchased some “Anise Hyssop” seeds from Salt Spring ...
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Our "Edibles" #24: Green Beans
October 18, 20008 My best crop, this year, I’d have to say were my green beans. Now, I&#...
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Our "Edibles" #23: Cherries
October 18, 2008 I can’t wait for our cherry tree to have cherries on it! We’re ge...
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Our "Edibles" #22: Beets
October 18, 2008 Oh the yummy beat – especially when it’s pickled!!! In the ...
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Our "Edibles" #21: Amaranth
October 10, 2008 This past week has brought us a couple mornings with frost and so it was time...
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Our "Edibles" #20: Tidbits on "Onions"
October 8, 2008 We were chatting with my brother yesterday about garden crops and dirt nutrien...
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Our "Edibles" #19: Barley
October 6, 2008 Looking back over the summer I think the plant that gave us the most pleasure ...
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Our Flower Gardens #22: Easter Lily
Sept. 20, 2008 In the spring I received an Easter Lily and when it died off I took the plant a...
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My Carolinian Forest #4: Fringe Tree
Sept. 15, 2008 Yesterday Rick & I headed to Whistling Gardens (my local tree “fix...
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Our Flower Gardens #21: Night-time Birdhouse
Sept 14, 2008 Yesterday was my Mom’s 81st birthday (and my granddaughter’s 6th) an...
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Family Story: Vanilla
Sept. 13, 2008 Today, my daughter asked me about “real vanilla” and how you’...
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Our Flower Gardens #20: Privacy Fence: Long-neck Gourds
Sept 9, 2008 Last spring, PanamaJack mailed me some seeds that he had wrapped in wet paper tow...
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Our Flower Gardens #18: Morning Glories
September 6, 2008 I’ve been enjoying this view for the past week or so and thought maybe...
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Our "Edibles" #18: Planning for 2009
What better time to plan for next year’s season than when you are are just wrapping up the ...
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Our "Edibles" #17: Is It Oregano?
I was given this plant and was told that it was thought to be oregano. So, I’ve come to the...
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Our "Edibles" #16: 2008 Harvest
September 2, 2008 Freezer (approximate amounts) two dozen packages of sweet corn two dozen...
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Recipes #3: Chili Sauce
Aug 31, 2008 I just did up a batch of 12 pints of chili sauce. YUMMY. This batch is a little w...
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Our Pond #7: New Additions
Aug 27, 2008 Monday was a “road trip” and I came home with this little guy (amongs...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #10: "Deck" and Walkway
Check out our new “deck” and pathway. Bricks are from FREECYCLE—woo hoo!!! ...
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Our "Edibles" #15: New Fruit Trees
Aug 15, 2008 The other day Rick and I went to London to buy some things at Lee Valley and Busy...
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Our Flower Gardens #17: Sunflower Fairy Door
look what I found this morning!!Another FAIRY DOOR!!! (check out the photos posted at Lumb...
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GT Talk #2: Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Summer Awards—and to our winners :) ...
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It's BACK!!!!
Aug 6, 2008 Oh how excited I was to see my little visitor had returned this year. Actually, it...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #9: A Gnome Door
what a surprise I got today .. as I discovered this at my gazebo. Those little guys were busy...
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Our Pond #6: Leap Frog, Anyone?
July 31, 2008 Today we were watching a frog sit on the lily pads in our pond and then I notice...
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Our "Edibles" #14: Amaranth
July 31, 2008 For the last couple of years I’ve grown flowers called Amaranth and Rick a...
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Our Flower Gardens #16: Golden Glow
July 31, 2008 My aunt gave me these plants a few years ago and I stuck them in the ground here...
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Our Flower Gardens #15: Clematis
July 31, 2008 Oh my.. oh my… as I was helping Rick put up his latest birdhouse I noticed...
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If you can't grow them... build them
my latest woodworking project
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Our "Edibles" #13: Grains
July 27, 2008 Today I started weeding and my path wound around by my first planting of quinoa ...
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Our "Edibles" #12: Carrots (continued)
July 26, 2008 Let’s review the history of my garden regarding “carrots”. ...
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Our Flower Gardens #14: Some More Photos
(July 25, 2008 continued) Squash Another Unknown Flower (another seed exchange item, I thin...
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Our Flower Gardens #13: Just Some Photos
July 25, 2008 I spent some time taking photos today (high noon – not the best time for p...
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Our "Edibles" #11: This one is my own fault!
July 25, 2008 I take full responsibility for this mishap! Finally we have had a day of sun...
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Our "Edibles" #10: Weeding my "Salad Garden"
Yesterday I went out to weed my “salad garden” and all was going well until I felt so...
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Recipes #4: Recipe: Quinoa Salad
July 21, 2008 This year I planted Quinoa. (pronounced keen-wa) Hadn’t heard of it before...
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Our Flower Gardens #12: Another Unknown Flower
July 20, 2008 Thank you to the GardenTender who shared these seeds with me… (This must b...
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Recipes #5: Recipe: Lemon Balm Salad Dressing
This recipe started with the following: 1 c. lemon balm, shredded coarsely1/2 c. red wine vine...
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A Sad Day
July 19, 2008 Note: This isn’t garden related. We had to say goodbye to our cat R...
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My Cottage Up North
July 15, 2008 GramT thought it would be nice to see what I see from my gazebo so I took my lit...
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Our Flower Gardens #11: Unknown Flower
July 14, 2008 Don’t know what this flower is. I’m sure that last year in this spot...
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Our "Edibles" #9: Red Currants
July 10, 208 (No pictures)Today I picked red currants. (The mosquitoes were horrific when I st...
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Our "Edibles" #8: Peas
July 9, 2008 First Pickin’s What, you say? Not many peas in that dish? Well, uh, ...
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Our Flower Gardens #10: Unknown Flower
July 7, 2008 Unknown Flower: I have the following flower growing in my flower bed but don̵...
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Our "Edibles" #7: Tips From My Brother
July 5, 2008 Today at bonfire breakfast I gave my brother a tour of the yard and got lots of l...
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My "Turtle Island" #6: Transformed
July 3, 2008 Ok everyone, here is what I was working on when I should have been doing the Lumb...
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My "Turtle Island" #5: The Rise and Fall...
July 1, 2008 shhhh! Don’t tell Martin (founder of our sites) but I’ve been outside...
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Our Pond #5: New Additions
July 1, 2008 There two cast iron pieces were just too cute to pass up. I think they are perfec...
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Our Flower Gardens #9: New addition
July 1, 2008 AT THE BASKETBALL NET: In our backyard is the kids’ old basketball net R...
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Our "Edibles" #6: Salad Garden
July 1, 2008 I had purchased some triple mix for a front flowerbed but changed my mind and dec...
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Our "Edibles" #5: Cucumbers
July 1, 2008 (Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian, by the way). Yesterday as I was weedi...
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Picnic
After all the monthly announcing I’ve done about my picnic, over at LumberJocks.com I just ...
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Our Flower Gardens #8: Climbing Roses
June 26 2008 Outside our living room window, at the corner of our deck, I have a climbing rose...
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Our Flower Gardens #7: Columbines and more...
June 21, 2008 Thought I’d share some photos of my Columbines and other flowers in the fl...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #8: Future Plans
June 21, 2008 My son and family were home from BC last week and it was a WONDERFUL time!!! It ...
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Our Pond #4: Newest Inhabitant
June 10, 2008 For the past couple of weeks we’ve been hearing a huge splash in the pond ...
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Our Flower Gardens #6: Weeding Day
June 6, 2008 Well, today is the day. Over the past week, we have had mixed weather conditions ...
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Spring #4: More Birds
June 1, 2008 Here are some more bird pictures. Feed Me! Where did you go?? And a ne...
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Our Flower Gardens #5: Sculptures
June 1, 2008 Last weekend we went to an artist’s place down some back road and I came ho...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #7: Windows: Check
May 30, 2008 One step closer!! Last weekend Rick put one of the window’s on hinges so...
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Our "Edibles" #4: It's Planted!
May 24, 2008 Yes, indeed – the garden is in. It’s not completely finished (that wi...
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Recipes #6: Frittata Recipe
Rick and I were watching a cooking show and a delicious looking dish was created that just got ou...
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My Green "0 Mile Diet"
You’ve heard of the 100 Mile Diet? It’s all about eating locally grown foods in order...
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Our Flower Gardens #4: May Road Trip
May 13, 2008 Today was my sister-in-law’s and my monthly road trip. We started at Cannin...
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My Carolinian Forest #3: New Nannyberry
May 2, 2008 Last year, I purchased a pawpaw tree and a nannyberry. Two weeks after planting, o...
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Our Flower Gardens #3: By the Pool
April 28, 2008 On “the list” for a couple of years has been to put our old wire do...
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Our "Edibles" #3: Blueberries
April. 28. 2008 I finally got my blueberries! After years of “someday” 2008 was go...
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Our Pond #3: New Fish and...
April 25, 2008 I had to go to town today so i made a couple other stops and did some garden sh...
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Spring #3: Strawberries
April 24, 2008 I planted some strawberry plants today: 25 “sapphire” varieties. I ...
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Our Pond #2: Refurbished Pond
April 20, 2008 On our list of garden updates this year was making the pond deep enough so that...
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My "Turtle Island" #4: Another Path
April 16, 2008 Today I dug another path and laid out flat rocks for stepping stones. I have...
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My "Turtle Island" #3: "Breaking Ground"
April 7, 2008 (pictures to come soon) Phew.. am I ever sweaty! Today I went to the nursery ...
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Rick's Birdhouse
April 5, 2008 Rick finished his birdhouse today and is now sitting on top of one of our sheds....
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My Window Box
check out my new window box project (inspired by Ken). (project posted at LumberJocks.com
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Spring #2: Look What I Found!
April 5, 2008 Look what I found when I went out to the gazebo this morning
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Our Flower Gardens #2: Shopping Finds
April 4, 2008 (Warning: No pictures yet). This weekend (yes, tomorrow and the next day) the...
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My Property
April 4, 2008 Here is an image of my property, as seen on Thank you to Google Earth. ...
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Thank Goodness for Bilingualism
March 31, 2008 On Saturday we stopped at Rona to pick up some stuff and at the front door were...
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Spring #1: Bird Sightings
2008Every year Rick and I record the birds that we see in / above our own backyard (recording it ...
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It's Green!
March 20/08 I was looking through some old photos that I have on CD’s and came across th...
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I had an idea
March 20, 2008 This morning in my “thinking time” an idea came to me: I wonder if ...
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Uncommon Visitor
After Mike’s posting re: common birds seen and then XO posted her photos, it brought to min...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #6: Bonfire Breakfast /March 08
March 8, 2008 (Happy Birthday Bullseye) With my birthday on Monday (Happy 50th yippee) we deci...
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Our "Edibles" #2: Fruit Bushes
March 2, 2008 Fruit Bushes (Thus Far) Red Currant: Two bushes. One bush was here when we ...
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Our "Edibles" #1: Fruit & Nut Trees
March 2, 2008I am enjoying Catspaw’s journal of his seeds and I thought it would be nice to...
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We've had guests
Ok, this isn’t a photo of wild turkeys, but we did have visitors!!!
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The Winter Season #6: Winter Awards Prize
My T-shirt arrived today!!! (for my Garden of Lights entry) Thanks Martin & Buli :) ...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #5: Bonfire Breakfast -A Success
Feb 9/08 Our February Bonfire Breakfast was another success. My day began at 4:30 (just for...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #4: February's Bonfire Breakfast
Rick and I just spent a couple hours getting the gazebo ready for our monthly Bonfire Breakfast.W...
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The Winter Season #5: Another Winter Morning
Feb. 7/08 I was headed upstairs to do some housework and out of the corner of my eye I caught ...
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Our Flower Gardens #19: Seated Retreat
To the west of my house is a curved flower garden that is lined with cedar trees. At the south e...
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The Winter Season #4: Salt Spring Seeds - The Enticement
Feb 2 /08 So I get my Salt Spring Seeds catalogue this week and I’m having fun! Here ...
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The Winter Season #3: Garden of Light
Yesterday was a morning marvel, with the sun glistening on the frosted trees. I took a couple pic...
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My First Meeting with Another GT Member!
Well, I was reminded how bad I am with road names … Bullseye used Google and it sent him ac...
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My "Turtle Island" #2: The Schematic
One step closer, I made a little visual of the layout for my garden of the year. I have yet to...
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My "Turtle Island" #1: The Before Picture
Jan. 10, 2008 A goal for 2008, for me, is to focus on one flowerbed and fill it with the shrub...
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The Winter Season #2: Planning Time
January 6, 2008 Inspired by my fellow gardeners here at GT, I have ordered a couple seed catal...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #3: Final Walls
With a deadline of Dec. 29th as a motivator (the scheduled family bonfire breakfast) Rick and I p...
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My Carolinian Forest #2: My Front Yard
I thought it was would be nice to show you my front yard and what better day to take the pictures...
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My Carolinian Forest #1: My Trees
My neck of the woods, in Southwestern Ontario, is the very farthest northern tip of the Carolinia...
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The Winter Season #1: definitely winter
Yes, indeed, it is definitely the winter season. Everything is covered with snow and a layer of i...
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GT Talk #1: "WHO"
Yesterday I was thinking about how we connect with more people re: GT. WHO is interested in ta...
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Why Have Your Own Garden?
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #2: Two Walls
Last weekend Rick and I transformed the north wall on our gazebo. We put three windows on the ...
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Our Flower Gardens #1: Planning Ideas
My goal for my backyard is to have no grass and all paths and flowerbeds (etc.) A great vision &#...
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Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin #1: The beginnings
A few years ago I purchased a garden tent at a year end sale for a great price. The roof had a mi...
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Our Pond #1: From a speck of water to...
As we build our personal retreat in the backyard, we seem to just go with the moment and build/ad...
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- Bonfire Breakfasts - 2 parts
- Dehydrating - 3 parts
- GT Talk - 14 parts
- Labyrinth - 3 parts
- My "Turtle Island" - 6 parts
- My Carolinian Forest - 9 parts
- Our "Edibles" - 66 parts
- Our Flower Gardens - 37 parts
- Our Gazebo/ "shanty" / Cabin - 16 parts
- Our Pond - 23 parts
- Our Wildlife Companions - 17 parts
- Photography - 3 parts
- Recipes - 13 parts
- Sculptures - 1 part
- Spring - 19 parts
- The SPICES of Life - 5 parts
- The Winter Season - 15 parts
- Walkabouts 2010 - 11 parts
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