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It’s a Greenhouse! 16 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
Finally, the greenhouse is up and running! Within a few hours of installing the polycarbonate panels I rushed off to the soil mart to fill my little truck with fish compost for the planting beds and ...
I’m Baaaack! 12 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
Lovely Japanese iris – and just look at that construction debris all over my patio! Well hello there, how are you doing? I know, it’s been awhile, but I’ve been busy! I did give out a few hints abo...
Shed Construction 3 Jun 2013 | 09:40 am
We’ve finally progressed to actual building construction! Now I get to see if all of my design ideas and colour choices come together the way I envisioned. Well, of course they will come together, b...
Greenhouse Construction Part Three 17 May 2013 | 03:38 am
What a lovely spring we are having here on the west coast! Beautiful BC indeed; mild temperatures, even a few record-breaking HOT days, interspersed with just enough rain to keep the garden happy, we...
Greenhouse Construction Part Three 17 May 2013 | 03:38 am
What a lovely spring we are having here on the west coast! Beautiful BC indeed; mild temperatures, even a few record-breaking HOT days, interspersed with just enough rain to keep the garden happy, we...
Fritillaria Meleagris 19 Apr 2013 | 03:36 am
Fritillaria meleagris, commonly called snakes head lily or (as I prefer) checkerboard lily is an exquisite spring blooming member of the family Liliaceae. A bulbous perennial native to Europe, it can...
Fritillaria Meleagris 19 Apr 2013 | 03:36 am
Fritillaria meleagris, commonly called snakes head lily or (as I prefer) checkerboard lily is an exquisite spring blooming member of the family Liliaceae. A bulbous perennial native to Europe, it can...
Greenhouse Construction, Part Deux 10 Apr 2013 | 09:08 am
My new greenhouse project proceeds at a snail’s pace, just as I expected it would. My husband assures me that once the foundation is in it will move much more quickly, right now I’m practising patienc...
Greenhouse Construction, Part Deux 10 Apr 2013 | 09:08 am
My new greenhouse project proceeds at a snail’s pace, just as I expected it would. My husband assures me that once the foundation is in it will move much more quickly, right now I’m practising patienc...
Oh Painted Fern, Where Art Thou? 16 Mar 2013 | 02:40 pm
Sometimes my lackadaisical attitude to gardening and haste to ‘get things done’ backfires. Last fall I engaged in a flurry of transplantation, shifting plants from one part of the garden to another f...
