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...

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...

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

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...

 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 ...

 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...

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

 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...

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

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...

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...

 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...

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...

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

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...

 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...