Mason Bees

Putting Your Bees To Bed

We are now past the Autumnal Equinox, and into the third season of our year.  It’s been quite a year, with bees struggling against unseasonable cold and wet for a...

October 10, 2011

General

Less Is More

The buzz these days in the garden world seems to be all about ‘low maintenance’.  It is a concept I fully embrace in many aspects of my life, including my...

September 11, 2011

Edible Gardening

Tomatoes, Potatoes and Blight

I know, you aren’t ready to hear about end-of-season gardening yet; the summer has only recently started, hasn’t it? However, the calendar says otherwise; September is here, and we actually had...

September 11, 2011

Edible Gardening

Planting The Winter Vegetables In August Or “Stocking The Great Canadian Refrigerator”

It’s a warm summer evening, August 3, and I just planted some vegetables that I won’t be eating until the cold days of winter and early spring 2012.  What I’m...

August 7, 2011

Edible Gardening

The Birds, The Bees And Summer Squash

Does your zucchini look like this? Well, the birds and the bees don’t always do…….what they are meant to, and sometimes we just need to get up close and personal...

August 7, 2011

Edible Gardening

Some Compost Tea, A Bale Of Straw, And Thou

With profound apologies to Omar Khayyam; we’ve come a long way since the 11th Century. Compost tea and straw are elixirs for the modern gardener.  Better than that “jug of...

July 10, 2011

Edible Gardening

Are We There Yet, Is It Summer? Tomatoes Lying Down, Beans Climbing Up, And Spinach Bolting.

Wow, this sounds like a lot of action in my little corner of the garden. The last time I wrote was three weeks ago; yes we have made progress in...

June 21, 2011

Mason Bees

Mason Bee…Near Tragedy

At the end of the day a few weeks ago I went onto my porch to check on my bees and discovered to my horror that a woodpecker had visited...

June 12, 2011

Edible Gardening

Beans, Beans, Bountiful Beans

Ever since I can remember, the 24th of May weekend was the peak weekend for gardeners, for that day was carved in stone as the time when our warm-weather crops...

May 31, 2011