Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia
21 July 2013

'And they were all Yellow..."

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I remember there was a time when I thought I didn't like the colour yellow. Maybe it was because of the awful lemon-yellow of painted...
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28 June 2013

Planting for the Pollinators

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It was hugely, bitterly ironic that last week was National Pollinator Week in the USA; the same week in which thousands of bees were kill...
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25 June 2013

New Under the Gardening Sun, Part 2: Awesome Annuals

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I have a good excuse for why I haven't posted recently--I've been too busy planting containers, planting perennials, making a gar...
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03 June 2013

New under the garden sun, part 1: Perennial Pleasures.

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 Now that we're finally moved (again, and hopefully for a long while), it's time to make some new gardens so I can plant the new p...
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13 May 2013

The very busy season!

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Hi faithful readers and fellow gardeners. It is THAT season, when there aren't enough hours in the day, week, month...lots has happen...
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21 April 2013

A chocolate garden for spring

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It's been a very busy April, with garden talks and nursery openings and all the chores of spring. So I've been somewhat remiss in d...
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30 March 2013

No lilies indoors! An Easter warning & other options

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"Hello. My name is Tiny Timbit, and I have an important message for all you cat owners out there. It's about keeping us safe d...
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17 March 2013

Green Flowers for the Irish (and for Green Flower-lovers)

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 It's been quite a while since I did a colour-themed post, and what better day to do it than on St. Patrick's Day? Green flowers a...
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12 March 2013

Farewell, Fellow Plant Addict

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 I've told the story many times of how I met Captain Richard Steele , and how he put me on the path to being fascinated with ericace...
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10 March 2013

The Art of the Garden Journal

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 So last weekend I ran a garden journaling workshop, which was well received by the participants. It's the first time I've done th...
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24 February 2013

The Orchid Show at Acadia University

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 Yesterday was a real red-letter day for me. I was out for the first time since arriving back home from my knee-replacement surgery, nearl...
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16 February 2013

On the Mend...and planning for the future

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I'm happy to report that my knee-replacement surgery DID go ahead last week. I got back home on Monday and am faithfully doing my exer...
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31 January 2013

Kiss My Aster, a book review

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 When I heard about Amanda Thomsen's new book coming out, I was very excited. After all, Amanda is a horticultural whizkid, who make...
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24 January 2013

Blooming where we're planted...however we want!

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It's not an earth-shattering secret to declare that I don't like garden gnomes.  I resisted the temptation, some years ago w...
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12 January 2013

The gardener indoors

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This time of year, there are two types of gardening going on in Nova Scotia (and most of eastern North America): the planning of next spr...
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05 January 2013

A New Year, a new garden, a soon to be new me?

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Finally, it's 2013, a year I never dreamed I would be so glad to see. As many of you know, 2012 was my very own personal "anni...
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12 December 2012

A blast of colour for a December Day

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 Suddenly, we're well into December and Christmas/Yule/Solstice and winter are rapidly approaching. There are deluges of posts and art...
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22 November 2012

Wabi Sabi, or the beauty of a November garden

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 It's not exactly news that November is not usually my favourite month of the year. The winding down of the outdoor gardening year, a...
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11 November 2012

Art in the Garden, or the Garden Artist

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 Last year, one of my friends introduced me to the amazing metal artist, Al Simm of Avon River Metalworks . I'm so glad she did, and y...
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09 November 2012

"...Can you come out to play in my empty garden?"

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If you had told me a year ago that this would be my garden view, I'd have told you you were nuts. After more than thirteen years in t...
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