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Category: Gardening

  • savour summer with tea-time in a park

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    I like to go for coffee with friends a couple times a week. ?áThese are always important times for me where I am able to relax and unwind and just be with my buds. ?á When you live in a city and you have such a small apartment that your living room is also your…

  • for the love of gardening

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    Last weekend was the Great Gardening Weekend at the Jardin Botanique. ?áAt this fair, there were many booths featuring cool products, rare plants, native plants, organizations and information. ?áHighlights for me included a chat with the guy who has been in charge of the Japanese and American bonsai specimens in the garden for quite some…

  • springtime at the community garden

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    Tammy Schmidt, Montreal.

  • my little green pals

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    ?á ?á I am a proud mama… not only to a cat, but to a vast number of tiny, green lives. This year I started my garden indoors. I was waiting to find out which plot I?áwas allocated?áin the Community Garden, so I?ácouldn’t plant outside. I took a couple of egg cartons, a small bag…

  • harvest day

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    Today’s the day… time for an early harvest of my?átiny sprouts! I know I could grow them for?átwo or three?ámore days, but I am anxious to give them a taste. Tonight they will find their cute little way into a mixed salad. I will immediately “plant” more in the jar. In a day or two…

  • sprouting experiment has begun!

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    As those of you who peeked at this website yesterday probably know, I am attempting to grow sprouts inside my living-space/studio for the first time.?áJust now I soaked, swirled, and now am re-soaking my seeds; the next thing to do is wait about 2-5 hours, then drain them. After that all I need to do…

  • sprouting experiment

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    I have wanted to try growing edible food inside my home for quite some time. I’ve not any sort of outdoor space attached to my home,?ábut have been craving my own little “kitchen garden“. A year ago, I had some basil in my bathroom, sandwiched in between my bath and a window (it’s a special…

  • happy easter

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    This Easter weekend we are taking it easy, reflecting on life and the new life that springs all around us. We take note that today is Earth Day, and a cause for another pause and reflection. If you are so fortunate as to have both some time off and a garden, this seems like a…

  • small-scale efforts

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    Billionaires, governments, large-scale industry and important people can make major moves in helping the planet.?á?áHowever, when it comes to making a significant impact for sustainable change, it is easy to overlook small efforts, micro traditions and tiny plots that also make a big impact in helping create change.?á?áHere is an example of the importance of…

  • Greg Howes – Finale

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    ?áGreg Howes continues his story of artistic evolution, the third in a three-part series. The first installment is here, and the second is here. The next stage in my artistic evolution came when I started to arrange objects in advance of a shot, and then rearrange them for each separate shot. I used various arrangements,…