I'm back, did you miss me? Probably not, if you follow along on Facebook , on Twitter , on Instagram , on Pinterest ...or on the som...

 It's little more than an hour until Autumn arrives in Nova Scotia (local time for the autumnal equinox, 1744, or 5:44 pm if you only ...

 It's late August, somehow--after a slow, cool start to spring and summer, things have become rather hot and dry in the past couple of...

It's been a long time since I did a post for Wildflower Wednesday, and it seemed like a good idea to pop up a post about one of my ...

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...

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...

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

 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...

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

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...

"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...

 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...

 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...

 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...

 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...