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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A Greektown Project
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after west bed
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Evergreen Brick Works - Monitoring Program
On Tuesday nights, you'll find Stuart McPherson at the Evergreen Brickworks, enthusiastically leading the volunteers through their weekly stewardship roles. But during the day, he's mobilizing ingenious ideas to help increase our ecological awareness and the cause to which he is passionately dedicated.
The EBW Monitoring Program allows Brickworks visitors to participate in capturing the revitalization of this historical site via your camera, a series of Flickr albums and essentially, time-lapse photography. There are 10 monitoring stations, along the walking trails, spread throughout the EBW. Simply set your camera atop the post, take a shot and upload to the album. Check out all the photos at the link below.
The SMW Pond 2 on the east side of the grounds in late April.
The information board set at each monitoring post.
Check out all the photos to date here:
Evergreen Brick Works
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Happy Earth Day
Be inspired this Sunday by what the world is doing collectively and make a difference in your own life today.
One of the best things you can do is learn how food is grown. Volunteer at or visit a local community garden. It's a great opportunity to learn about local, organic food grown by knowledgeable, passionate gardeners.
One worth checking out is Riverdale Meadow Community Garden, at Broadview Ave/Danforth Ave. In May, the two Sunday's before and after May 24, they are offering a must-see garden tour and cold-framing seminar. $20 pre-registered gets you full access and tasty cold frame samples.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
An open letter from Dr. David Suzuki
David Suzuki released the attached letter on his blog yesterday to defend his reason for stepping down from his leadership post yesterday. News 1130 identifies the corporate entity involved, 'Suzuki used the word bullying to describe how the government is trying to silence him for speaking out against Enbridge’s proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline.'
Feed your awareness and support the David Suzuki Foundation by joining their newsletter and/or blog. They are at the international forefront of science based environmental support.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/sign-up/
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/sign-up/
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Free City Compost in Toronto every Saturday while supplies last
Almost all major cities have a municipal organic waste recycling program or green bin/yard waste program. It's a community effort that starts with you. Your food scraps and leaf bags are set aside, picked up, sorted and transformed into renewable means in the form of garden compost. Nature's very own homemade, organic and sustainable resource, provided free-of-charge and hands down the best brand of fertilizer on the market for all of your plants both outdoor and indoor.
Last Saturday was my first visit to the Scarborough transfer station to see first hand, what free-of-charge Toronto compost actually looked and felt like. I was overly impressed with both the organization of distribution and the quality of the product.
Compost is available every Saturday from April 10 to Oct 6 or until it basically runs out. The general consensus of 'experienced compostees' is about the end of June. I do however recommend highly, that you show up early. Line ups can begin as early as 5 am, doors are at 7am and you can expect the heaps of compost completely dispersed by 8:30am.
If you plan to give it a go, all you need is a flat shovel (a spade takes too long given the time constraint), some re-usable containers to collect the compost (pails, bins etc.) and a reliable mode of transportation to get the material to your destination. The basic rule is to take as much as you can carry and as fast as you can shovel it into your containers.
The site is largely unmonitored and self regulated by the participants, although the city recommends, 1 cubic yard per vehicle, which for the average size car, is more than you can carry for the next five Saturdays. Happy Gardening.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Dr Seuss The Lorax, 1972
watch the original full length version or for the shortened version, the moral of the tale starts at 23:00 minutes.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Steven Biggs talks Veggies
He is a young and talented Canadian gardening writer and gardening coach that works tirelessly to spread the good word on growing food. Watch the video below and hear him talk about how easy and rewarding, edible gardening can be. Also look for his book and check out his website below.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Canada Blooms 2012 New Cultivars!
Take some time to attend Canada Blooms this year, running from March 16th to the 25th. But if you don't get a chance to come out, make sure to look for these new species at your garden centre.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Seedy Saturday at the Brickworks this weekend!
Come to the annual seed sharing event, premiering for the first time at the Brickworks this weekend. A perfect week-end market location for garden enthusiasts in Toronto and Scarborough. I'll be volunteering to some extent as well.
Buy and trade organic and locally harvested vegetable and flower seeds as well as amazing heirloom varieties that you will never find in a grocery store. Keynote speakers address the how-to's of growing seed, harvesting seed and cold framing techniques.
Check out the link below for more info:
Evergreen Brickworks
http://ebw.evergreen.ca/
Toronto Community Garden Network
http://tcgn.ca/wiki/wiki.php
Seed Distributors
http://www.matchboxgarden.ca/
http://www.terraedibles.ca/
http://www.uharvest.ca/
Buy and trade organic and locally harvested vegetable and flower seeds as well as amazing heirloom varieties that you will never find in a grocery store. Keynote speakers address the how-to's of growing seed, harvesting seed and cold framing techniques.
Check out the link below for more info:
Evergreen Brickworks
http://ebw.evergreen.ca/
Toronto Community Garden Network
http://tcgn.ca/wiki/wiki.php
Seed Distributors
http://www.matchboxgarden.ca/
http://www.terraedibles.ca/
http://www.uharvest.ca/
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Know what large indoor plants to buy so that your pets benefit as well.
Pictured above is Chloe, lounging under a pet-friendly Areca Palm.
If you're in the market for some new larger houseplants to naturalize your indoor environment, now is the time to visit your local garden centre. Tropical plants go on sale in late winter to clear out old stock. A little bit of care and proper sunlight can go a long way in helping these plants thrive. The benefits that they provide to your health at home are immense.
Although, if you have pets at home, keep in mind that your large plant options are actually quite limited. Most Palm species will satisfy your all requirements for aesthetics, low maintenance, increased air quality and pet safety. I highly recommend the following three species:
Areca Palm, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Lady Palm, Rhapis excelsa
Poisonous houseplant databases:
Houseplant Benefits:
Friday, January 20, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
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