Here it is only the third day of 2012 and I've already managed to pull a bit of a post together! I learned some years ago not to make re...

I'm back! Amazingly, after the assorted cold, wet weather we had in May and June, I didn't expect we'd have three fantastic days...

It's been quite a while since I posted here, but I think the reasoning is pretty obvious to most fellow gardeners. June in Nova Scotia h...

Well, I'm baaaccckkk! Vast improvements in the weather coupled with a need for a bit of a break have kept me in the gardens and away fro...

The merry month of May has been not so merry if you're a nursery operator or a gardener here in Nova Scotia, because the weather has bee...

One of the regular signs of spring in Nova Scotia is the annual Saltscapes East Coast Expo , a celebration of the best of Atlantic Canada. F...

It has to be spring now, because I took my studded winter tires off the car on Thursday afternoon. No more snow allowed until November, now....

After nearly a week of galeforce, chilly winds blasting down on us, the last day of March came ambling along like a sweet, fluffy lamb; warm...

One of the coolest things about the writing life is how so many of us make friends with other writers. They may be in other disciplines, fi...

While western and southerly parts of North America are beginning to relax into their anticipation of spring's arrival, SOME of us are st...

As many people who hang around with me on Facebook, Twitter, or in real life know, last year one of my projects was to write a book for Nimb...

Most of the time, I don't mind winter. I really don't. It's an important part of life in much of North America, and it's cru...

Patience is a virtue when it comes to dealing with certain plants. I present to you, Paphiopedilum 'Limerick x Hillsvale x Cherokee'...

Welcome to winter in Nova Scotia, part the 83rd. After some lovely snowfalls and brisk cold...it's pouring rain outside. Yuck. In desper...

Writing a book is kind of like planting a tree, or maybe more like doing winter-sowing; you put in a bunch of work, then there's a lull,...

Welcome to 2011, everyone! I hope you've had a great New Year's and Christmas holiday and are settling back into the regular routin...

Once again, we've come to the end of a year of gardens, writing, plants that came and went, and of course, Skywatch Fridays . This is t...

Is there anything better than a sale at a beloved garden centre? Especially when the sale is 50 % off EVERYTHING, from pots to plants, from ...

I trust that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, although many of us have been plagued by weather challenges. Here, the Green Christmas ...

After the recent spate of storms, including a rainstorm last night that kept us from watching the lunar eclipse live (but we saw it via the ...