Apr 9, 2026
When we tend to our gardens, we make decisions based on a kind of assumed permanence. We plan and plant as if the systems we see will remain. Gardens change through the seasons, but in the long term, we often treat them as stable. Each spring, the thaw forms a...
Apr 2, 2026
It’s that time of year again. Birds start chirping, the sun feels brighter, and bulbs begin to poke through the leafy layer left by fall. This is about timing. Every spring, this presents a dilemma. When bulbs emerge through the leaf layer, I know that if I wait too...
May 29, 2025
About the human body, hand tools, and finding what works for you. Dear Reader, Like a parachute, Grimsby’s trees suddenly deployed their canopies and we landed mid-spring. It seems just yesterday the Niagara Escarpment was bare and brown, now it’s a sea of green...
Apr 20, 2025
About seasonality, manual sod cutters and tea. Dear Reader, There is such a thing as the perfect day for cutting sod. I finally got a sod cutter the Saturday before last. A manual one – looks like an 1300’s plough with V-shaped handles, but instead of a...
Apr 4, 2025
About where inspiration comes from Dear Reader, Beneath Grimsby’s last remaining old growth oaks, near the fairytale Grimsby beach homes, grows a partly shaded garden. Its steel blue and burgundy foliage, highlighted by white margins, display annually on a...
Apr 3, 2025
About preventing gardening injuries, sod removal and a late March ice storm Dear Reader, Last week’s weather was, as to be expected for late March, a mix of things. Light flurries, followed by a hot bright sun, then a cold wet wind brought rain which...
