More-Ganic!
For years now I have been practicing what I call “natural gardening”. It has been a passion of mine, because nature always has a...
Winter Planters and Wreaths!
It is with great pleasure for me that I have once again started collecting and using natural greenery from what is cut by arborists and...
Growing Micro Greens
Winter tends to be a nice break for gardeners, especially here in Calgary. The snow and cold make it impossible to do any weeding, for...
Thankful for Trees
"Tree school” as Peter Wohlleben says in his book, The Hidden Life of Trees, “teaches that trees grow straight and tall with branches...
Winter Planters: for the fun of it!
Low sun afternoons in Calgary with crisp blue skies and some white fluffy stuff underneath really make me excited about Winter Planters!...
The 10 Commandments of Natural Gardening
Thou shalt not harm any bugs, even if they seem to be causing trouble. There is a bigger picture, which is hard for us to understand, but...
7 Ways to Kill Soil Microbes: and why this is a bad idea!
I was shocked to see that for the second time in as many years I had cause my vermiculture worms some major trauma. This, after having...
It Takes a Village to Raise a Chive
OK, I think my title for this blog is creative and witty, and I did manage to get a laugh out of entomologist Ken Fry when I told him my...
Starved for Nature
In the 1950’s children were able to identify on average 25 native plant species. Today, kids can identify 0 plant species, but up to 50 diff
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A Boost of Eco Therapy for Nature-Starved Calgarians Too many hours spent indoors or in low winter light may be making Calgarians feel...