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Green Garden Design

August 31, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Organic

This is the start on a series about green garden design so hunker down and stay with me as I outline where my garden design is going. Last week, I asked about tillers. This week, I’m not going to go down that road. Things change in my gardening world and this week, I’ve been sensitized [...]

Annual Flowers – Garden Trials 2008

August 29, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Plants, Video

This is a quick peek at my visit to the Landscape Ontario garden trials where several hundred varieties were on trial during this wet, cool summer. The plants here are my picks for great performance in a variety of classes. But all are short and suitable for container gardening use.

Fall Gardening – It’s Your Choice

August 27, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Opinion

If you’re interested in a few new plants for fall gardening and extending your bloom time well in October, here are a few suggestions I made this week in my radio podcast. Click here to listen

Rototiller Review

August 23, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Review

One of the things that’s very clear to me is that with my tractor dead, I’m going to need a small tiller for garden maintenance and creation in some parts of the garden building process. I’m not going to put one on the new tractor as that would be serious overkill. And I don’t need [...]

Ongoing Garden Design

August 20, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Design

Garden design thinking continues unabated here on the island. I’m still sketching away as the roof goes on the garage and we start getting ready to finish off the concrete floors before moving tools into place. This concept is a little more “formal” in that the lines are straight and the beds are clearly defined [...]

A Way To Garden

August 18, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Internet

I interviewed Margaret Roach of A Way To Garden.com the other day and was clearly enchanted by this talented writer. We had a great talk and I thought ahead to record it as well. It took a bit of editing but I think I have it clearly enough so you can hear Margaret’s advice yourself [...]

Gardening Bloom Day

August 15, 2008 by Doug  
Filed under Perennials, Plants

I have to confess that these coneflowers are one of my favorite plants, I particularly like the way they collect morning light. If you want to see other plants in bloom right now in the blogosphere, Carol at MayDreamsGarden has a full listing on her blog right here. But I note the only problem with [...]

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