Home & Garden Archive
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The true Texan-style cookout
Posted on August 24, 2012 | No CommentsWoo-hoo! Dallas is back on the air and the Ewings are still as nasty as a rattlesnake with a boot on its tail. But isn’t this... -
Return of the native plants
Posted on August 22, 2012 | No CommentsAs yet another crane signifies the construction of even more soaring condominiums, it’s difficult to imagine what Toronto looked like before such enterprising civilization took possession... -
Gardening with little ones
Posted on June 19, 2012 | No CommentsOne of my earliest outdoor memories is the sky-blue morning glories that twined up the old wire fence around our home. I was probably three or... -
Gardens on tour
Posted on June 2, 2012 | No CommentsWho started the first garden tour, anyway? Should we go back to Victorian times and imagine a young Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting crossing the moat... -
A recipe for flexible vegetarians
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsApparently I’m a flexitarian. So was Einstein for most of his life, though he became a vegetarian in his last years. We flexitarians haven’t quite given... -
Plant yourself in a good book
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsCompared to last year’s cornucopia of gardening books, it’s hard to believe that this year’s is an even more bountiful bumper crop. This spring, Canada Post... -
Clear the way for yard sale season
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s May — time for flowers and yard sale signs to pop up in the garden. The best yard sales are a family, or even multi-family... -
April is month to get cracking on perennials, shrubs
Posted on April 1, 2012 | No CommentsApril is an iffy thing. This column is written some weeks before it’s published, so I have to use my psychic garden sixth sense to choose... -
The white stuff
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsAnd we don’t mean snow White has been pretty much missing from our colour palette this winter. No white Christmas, a soggy New Year’s, a damp... -
Major shows merge
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsCanada Blooms and National Home Show roll into one Mark March 2012 as home and garden month. Two mega-shows, Canada Blooms and the National Home Show,...
