I wish I had a farm, or at least a few acres to spread out on. I’d have chickens and goats and alpacas and at least a few dogs. But since I’m stuck with my 200 sq.ft. city garden, where the only critters are cats, neighbourhood children and the occasional skunk, I’m loving these Salvor […]
Archives for September 2006
World Naked Gardening Day
Saturday, September 9 is the second annual World Naked Gardening Day, and man, I wish I could participate. It’s an event that’s right up my quirky little alley. Problem is, I don’t have much shade in my wee garden, and the sun and my skin don’t get along. Even with SPF 5900. So I’ll have […]
Tofino Botanical Gardens
Ah, Tofino. How I love thee. The surfing, the storms, the Sound (Clayoquot Sound, that is). Back in the summer of ’93, when I was a 17-year old idealist telling everyone I met to hug a tree, over 825 people were arrested for protesting the logging of Clayoquot Sound’s old growth forests. I caught wind […]
Wedded bliss
Q. What kind of bride drags her new husband to a botanical garden while on their honeymoon? A. A gardener, of course. (I also would have accepted “a sensible one”.) That’s right, I’m married! As of August 27, Ben advanced from “boyfriend” (or sometimes, if I was feeling mature, “partner”) to husband. The wedding day […]