After a month of rain, sometimes torrential, and then blistering heat (brief, thankfully), the garden is bursting with blooms. In the...

We’ve had far more rain than usual for June, which is normally the rainiest month in Calgary. We’ve more than made up for a dry winter,...

I’ve had a boxwood growing in my garden for five years, and I just scored another. I had to fight for it – Plantation brought in 24 last...

Probably my favorite time in the garden and my favorite scent: when the apple tree is in full bloom. Maureen

Occasionally (well, perhaps not so occasionally) I’ll plant something that’s pushing the gardening zone limits for Calgary. I’ve had lots...

There’s something miraculous about spring. It’s inevitable, the return of life after a long winter, and yet when it happens, it’s always...

The first gardening catalogue has arrived, signaling the post-Christmas ‘longing for spring’ season, and now that the weather has turned...

I’m supposed to be editing, but I’ve had no brain for it. I’ve been pulled in a million directions – summer and family and renovations...

It feels like fall ­– a bit of wind, a touch of coolness in the air – and I love it. I know some people will bemoan the lack of heat this...

We came home from a lovely, although cold and wet, two days in the Rockies, to find our garden thoroughly hailed. The old van has...

In the last few months we’ve had crows hanging around the house. My mom says it’s because they know I’m writing about them. I think they...

The rain has stopped, the garden is green, the weeds are happy!

It’s March 2, and it’s been warm and melty for two weeks. I’ve spotted a few things growing in my garden – some garlic greens close to...

As the snow gets deeper, I miss my garden. I fill the birdfeeder to draw birds into the yard, and watch squirrels feast instead. I pour...