Looking back on the garden....![]()
Summer reflection: Pergola.
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Go-to gardening books for the Prairies (and beyond!)
Good reads!![]()
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Profiles of Calgary Community Gardens: Rain Garden at Winston Heights.
Gardening with purpose....![]()
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Gardening books for children.
Story time in the garden!![]()
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Book reviews: Water-Smart Gardening and High-Value Veggies.
Informative and relevant garden reads. ![]()
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Fun and interesting facts about rhubarb.
Celebrate rhubarb season! ![]()
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Recipe: Roasted pumpkin and lentils.
Fiendishly delicious....![]()
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Book review: Build a better vegetable garden.
Garden planning and DIY....![]()
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More seeds to give away!
Seed sharing....![]()
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A very short list of a few of the things in my neighbourhood I’m going to miss…
Celebrating community...and change....![]()
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Cool beans.
Seed selection....
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Book review: Practical Organic Gardening by Mark Highland.
Growing naturally....
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Book review: Gardening Complete by Authors of Cool Springs Press.
Get growing!
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Tuesday tidbits.
Time for the weekly link mashup!
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Peekaboo pumpkin.
I’m a newbie pumpkin grower (I grew them once, years ago, with mixed results) and so I’m rather proud of these little ‘Algonquin’ plants that have – so far – weathered extreme heat and hail and powdery mildew. I am anxious for the fruit to ripen before frost hits. Last night, our temperature dropped to […]
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Book review and giveaway: Veg Journal by Charles Dowding.
Veg Journal: Expert No-Dig Advice, Month by Month – Charles Dowding – (2014, Frances Lincoln, The Quarto Group (Paperback 2017)) What a fun, yet practical little book! Veg Journal boasts ample space to record notes and gardening to-do lists every week of the year, interspersed with beautiful photographs and detailed advice and tips on growing […]
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Book review: Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis.
Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment – Shelley Levis (2018, Cool Springs Press, Quarto Publishing Group USA, Minnesota) If you’ve been following Flowery Prose for a while, you’ll know that we have teeth-chatteringly, bone-chillingly long winters here in Alberta. Six months isn’t an overstatement, and it can stretch even further than […]
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And the winner is….
As promised, this morning I am announcing the winner of Charles Dowding’s book Veg Journal! Congratulations to Sheila Creighton! Sheila, please email me at the address listed on my contact page and send along your mailing address so I can get the book out to you this week. Thank you so very much to everyone […]
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In the garden: pleasant surprises.
Putting the garden to bed....
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Gift ideas for gardeners.
Gimme gimme gimme. I mean, giftie, giftie, giftie. Or something like that.
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More Pages to Explore .....
