Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia
12 June 2015

The BEST season for gardeners

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Life is never boring in my world. It's suddenly nearly the middle of June, almost summer, and I haven't posted here at all of lat...
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01 April 2015

Those rare blue flowers

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For those of you wondering where I've gotten to...I'm here, and I'm fine, just really, really busy as we get ready for our 10t...
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28 December 2014

End of year roundup--favourites and more

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Slightly belated Christmas greetings to all--we had not a drop of snow in Nova Scotia, and in fact had record breaking mild temperatures ...
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15 December 2014

Gold foliage for brighter gardens

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Hello, fellow gardeners! Where have I been, you ask? Well, it's been a busy, busy few months, with lots of projects on the go. Now, wi...
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22 September 2014

Falling into autumn...

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 Suddenly, it's September 22 and I haven't posted for a month. Why is that, you ask? Well, for sure I'm always busy and never ...
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22 August 2014

A Midsummer Miscellany of Colour

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 It's now beyond 'Half Past August' and I thought you might need some encouragement because this is the time of year that I he...
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12 August 2014

It's easy loving green...flowers!

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 Perhaps no colour in the floral world is more polarizing than the colour green. Many people dislike green flowers, saying they don't ...
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01 August 2014

The joys of daylilies

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 This is the time of year where I regularly have people saying to me, "You have something on your nose." It is almost always eit...
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24 July 2014

Singing the Blues...of the Garden

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 While flowers in any colour are quite lovely and sometimes fantastic, the blue flowers are definitely my absolute favourites. True blue ...
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15 July 2014

Colour Echoes in the Garden

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One of the great joys of gardening, of course, is the chance to play with colour. It's like painting with plants: you get to create w...
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30 June 2014

Red & White for Canada Day!

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Happy birthday to the best country in the world, Canada, my home and native land! To celebrate Canada Day, July 1st, here are a selecti...
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22 June 2014

Love them & Leave Them: Tricky Plants I Enjoy Tormenting Myself With

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 We all have plants that give us challenges. The dry-soil loving perennial that pouts at cold wet clay soils. The blue poppy that wants e...
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15 June 2014

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: Getting passionate about penstemons

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It's been quite a while since I participated in Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, and since I have a new plant obsession to talk about, migh...
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10 June 2014

It all starts with one...primula

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For years I have been very fond of certain primulas, also known as primroses, and sometimes as cowslips, although those are a particular ...
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07 June 2014

Public Service Announcement: Don't dig up that (not) dead plant!

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It happens to the best of us, it really does. We dig up a plant that we think is dead, not realizing that it's just a slow starter. W...
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03 June 2014

Great Nurseries in Nova Scotia

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 I'm back! It's been a busy, busy two months, what with Saltscapes Expo in late April, all the nurseries kicking into high gear, a...
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