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“It’s a Long Long Time From May to December”
"Maypole" Columnar Apple Tree in Bloom on the Rooftop Garden 124 Merton Street in May 2011 The song, "It's a long, long time from May to December", chronicles the stages of…
Vivian’s bedroom: where she dreams her dreams
Vivian Reiss's bedroom: where she dreams her dreams Read this article on the Globe and Mail website By DEIRDRE KELLY From Saturday's Globe and Mail For the last 25 years,…
Of Rye and Radishes
Rye in my garden This morning looking out at my garden, I noticed that the rye was ripening in the paisley bed near the elephant. How did that happen? Just…
“To V. or not to V.” The 3rd Act
The invitation to my birthday party read, "To v. or not to v.?" That is the question. Come to a birthday party to celebrate my birth, rebirth and the birth…
Expanding Rooftop Garden
Even though it is still quite cold, it is time to start the cold weather crops such as lettuce. In a month or so bunches of our beautiful organic…
Getting to The Root of the Matter, How Deep Are Your Roots?
If you think; " a new broom sweeps clean," is a refreshing adage, you have no idea of how the concept of getting to the root of my garden's suffocation and plague is…
Tomato Panic or Red Alert [or yellow, purple, white, pink or maybe, striped alert]
Last week I had a tomato panic. I found out that Doris Giardino, who grew my beautiful heritage tomato seedlings for my www.124merton.com rooftop garden, was not growing them again…
We all do what is takes to find sweetness: Maple; tap into it!
This year I decided to tap the maple tree in my back yard. Truthfully, I was never too fond of the tree. It blocked out the light from the rest…
Sow to Sew
Last year my boulevard garden yielded, as far as I know, 100% of Canada's cotton crop. Continuing my quest to live off the land in the city and grow "wearables"…