July 30, 2010

Ignore the title of this article in the Vancouver Province, which makes it seems as though it's about letting your lawn go brown in the summer. The article is actually about good watering practices and has several excellent suggestions for how to water more effectively.

July 23, 2010

I wanted to love the garden featured in a photo tour on the Calgary Herald's site, but mostly it left me scratching my head as to why this garden won an award from the Calgary Horticultural Society. My first thought when I saw it was 'how sterile'. I mean, where are the weeds? And if there are no weeds, what are the chances that insects, reptiles and small, furry creatures come out to frolic when no one is looking? Granted my own garden is a haven for living creatures, including some spectacularly healthy weeds, and no one will ever give me an award, so maybe I'm just jealous.

July 16, 2010

This article in The Globe and Mail is a week old, but it discusses that favorite passtime of gardeners: weeding. I mean, it must be our favorite, right? We spend so much time doing it, we often neglect other maintenance issues just so we can yank little green invaders out of the ground. Only a crazy person would spend that much time on something they didn't enjoy.