One of the features of this blog is the Friends & Family Garden Tour. I haven’t posted a stop on the tour in quite awhile, but I hope to remedy that during this gardening season.
In a similar vein, I’ve been thinking about adding another virtual tour to Playing in the Dirt: The Neighbourhood...
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We have a lot of projects on the go in our yard this year, as is usually the case. We seem to like to bite off more than we can chew. Take, for instance, the fact that we recently tore up our deck. The wood has been laying around the yard...
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Last night Graham and I took Nathan for a walk in the early evening. This time of year all of the yards and gardens in the neighbourhood are looking so nice. All of the trees and grass have really popped and since it rained yesterday afternoon, all of the colours in the...
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Everyone who grows mint knows that it spreads. Everyone who grows mint knows that it should be grown somewhere:
a) where it can spread to its heart’s content, like a large patch in a vegetable garden;
b) where its ability to spread is limited by its location, e.g. surrounded by concrete on all sides; or
c)...
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If there’s one thing that this spring has inspired in me, it’s that we need more spring flowering bulbs and perennials in the garden. All around us there are tulips, hyacinth, phlox and daffodils in bloom. We have some dwarf tulips and grape hyacinths in our back yard, but nothing flowering out...
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