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The Vegetable Lamb
One of the neatest things I saw this summer was the Vegetable Lamb at the Museum of Garden History in London. At first I didn’t know what I was looking at , as I’d not heard the story of the vegetable...
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Road Trip!
The closing keynote speaker for our Greenscapes conference was Richard Piacentini, the executive director of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. His talk was entitled “The...
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Kitchen Gardening
Outdoor planting is still a few weeks away, but I’ve been busy with some new potting projects indoors. Some basil and chives I bought at the Niagara College Greenhouse yesterday: An avocado seed that...
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Greenscapes 2009 — Call for Papers
Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning: Fields of Dreams (Landscapes of Myth and Imagination) October 1-3, 2009, Brock University Our landscapes have long been the unconscious repository of cultural hopes,...
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Dandelions in Boston
I just got back from a wonderful research trip to Boston, which included many days in the archives of the MSPCA. Before my trip I knew a bit about George T. Angell and the founding of the MSPCA, but I...
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Lemon Tree!
This is Victoria, my new lemon tree! Isn’t she beautiful? She also smells amazing!! I’ve wanted a lemon tree for ages and picked this little beauty up at Rice Road Greenhouse in Niagara. The plan is to...
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Victoria & Albert
It is Victoria Day in Canada, a fitting time to write about my royally-named citrus trees! Last year I got Victoria, a beautiful meyer lemon tree. She was so beautiful! The squirrels made off with many...
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