The Growing Challenge pushes us to grow a little more food than we have before: a minimum of one additional type of fruit or vegetable than we did last year, and to grow it from seed. This here is an update on my progress. After attending Seedy Saturday this past weekend and walking away with more […]
Archives for February 2008
Things you shouldn’t be finding in your garden
This is from an email forward… Childish, but it made me giggle. Warning: not for the prudish. Happy hump day!
2008 BC Home and Garden Show report
So, I didn’t make it to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. Although I knew it would be a disappointing alternative, I hauled my pregnant self to the BC Home and Garden Show as a sort of consolation prize. It’s taken me a while to be able to write about the experience. I’ve needed time […]
Gardening while pregnant
For those of you who haven’t experienced the (ahem) joys of pregnancy, let me fill you in. It’s a beautiful sunny day. You decide to get out into the garden. Nothing heavy – you just want to enjoy the rare February sunshine and do some clean up. Which is normally no problem for a fit […]
Gardening events February 20 – 24, 2008
Update February 20. I’ve just found out that I’m not going to be able to make it to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show because I’m 32 weeks pregnant and can’t get insurance coverage. (I can’t risk going to the States without it, especially in my “condition.”) Thankfully, Caitlin and Owen of Vancouver-based garden design […]
Be mine?
I don’t tell you often enough, but I think you know it anyway: Garden, I love you. Thanks for everything. Love, Andrea
Gone Wild
I met Hartley and Anne-Marie (above) at the farmer’s market last year, because, well, they were selling plants – need I say more? Early in the spring, there are always more vendors selling plants than fresh produce. Mostly it’s pretty basic: pots of herbs, annuals and a few cottagey perennials. But there’s also Otto with […]
Nesting help from Garden Boutique
Came across a sweet little online shop called the Garden Boutique. This UK-based store is carefully curated by garden designer Alice Bowe, and has the intimate feel of a neighbourhood boutique, with lots of delicious treasures to be found. It’s also nice to find garden stuff that’s not everywhere, you know? Like these British Wool […]