Apologies to commenters that had to wait four whole days to see their comments up – I was unable to login all weekend. This post was meant to be posted on Friday for some slacker fun, but hey, it’s a short week. Start it off right with a peek at my friend Jer’s blog: This […]
Rainy day blues
Vancouver, in the summertime, is a lovely place. Most of the year, I am thrilled to live in this beautiful city. During the summertime, (especially summers like the one we just had) when water shortages and restrictions are common, it’s almost possible to convince yourself that you must have imagined the unrelenting Vancouver winter rains. […]
Old friends, old gardens
An unexpected e-mail from an old friend and former roommate (hi Tara!) has brought back memories of one of my first gardens. I was living in Victoria at the time, just across the Georgia Straight on Vancouver Island (and, Nelumbo, an incredible Zone 9 because Victoria is further south than Vancouver). Tara and I had […]
Happy Hallowe’en!
Maryam over at My Marrakesh has tagged me with the Nine Weird Things meme. In the Hallowe’en spirit, I’d like to introduce you to: Nine Spoooky Things About Me 1. I’m deaf in one ear. I was born that way. There are pros and cons to this. Cons are things like not following group conversations […]
First frost
We had our first frost last night. It hit -3. I guess winter’s come earlier this year, as we normally don’t have a frost until well into November. Sigh… time to break out the tuque.
Power equipment lust
Not only do I have no real use for the Garden Groom Rotary Blade Hedge Trimmer, it also goes against all my basic gardening principles. You know, environmental sensitivity, sustainability – little things like that. I mean, I use a push reel mower – why on earth would I need this? But despite all that, […]
Edible forest gardens
I just learned a new term! (Almost as good as learning a new word, but not quite.) I read about the two-volume Edible Forest Gardens bookset on Treehugger and became intrigued. Checking out the author’s site, I learned that, “edible forest gardening is the art and science of putting [food-bearing or medicinal] plants together in […]
Das fish loft
FishLoft is a free-standing, water-filled acrylic column for your fish pond. Like the fish equivilent of a hamster tunnel, the German-designed FishLoft allows your fish to voluntarily rise above the water level. Looks a little small for our koi, but these goldfish sure are living it up. They’re all like, “Hey Lloyd, fancy seeing you […]