2024 has been a good year for tomatoes in my backyard garden. Here's a few tomato growing hints that work for me. Starting from seed Don...

 Plastic outdoor garden chairs are inexpensive and comfortable. But the weather, especially the sun,  can degrade and wear off the smooth su...

  Top bowl - shishito peppers Shishito peppers suprisingly grow well in  Edmonton gardens. I have not seen shishito pepper plants for sale a...

  Valiant grape vines flourish along the fence on the west side of the garden, tucked behind squash plants. Delicious juice About 5 years ag...

Impatiens, 4 weeks old, in little pots. It’s March 10th and a few seedlings are already growing under lights in the basement. I grow seedlin...

Candyland is a tiny bright red tomato. Not a cherry tomato, but a current type.  It's about half the size of the cherry tomato Sungold o...

City living creates ample opportunity for shade gardens.  Trees, houses, apartment buildings can block the direct sun required for many type...

Six years ago I began propogating succulents. Here's what I learned. Succulents are hardy. They do well when left alone. They don't ...

Check out this mini garden in my neighbourhood, at a nearby condo complex.  I took this picture on October 16,  about one week after Edmonto...

 Enjoying the beauty of our glorious parks in Edmonton. Hawrelak park skirts the North Saskatchewan River, Lots of wide trails for walking. ...

October 10, 2020. The first frost on average in Edmonton is sometime around September 24. This year we saw temperatures dip to 0 degrees C...

I realise this is a gardening blog, but I want to draw your attention to some cool art in my neighbourhood. If you are near the Parkallen ar...