All our successes and failures in the garden, whether its veggies, dye plants or native species. We’re not afraid to experiment.
It’s -25C. Again. Juliana and I keep dreaming of seed starting and debating how we should divvy up the resources of our backyards - who should grow what? The need to dream in green continues. A great article from Radical Montreal on starting seeds. From Radical Montreal. Another from Mother Earth News. From Mother Earth … [Read more…]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting one of my gardening mentors, Sheila Clarke, in Stratford, Ontario. Our gardening friendship is the product of Black Walnut Trees (Juglans nigra). Beautiful, hard wood specimens that provide wonderful shade and are also allelopathic. Black Walnuts produce juglone, a substance released into the soil through its … [Read more…]
