The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed your family and save money” by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper. Penquin Random House. 2024. by Josephine Norton What this book lacks in pizzazz it certainly makes up for in comprehensiveness. There are not any glossy colour photographs but instead lots of grids, timetables, layouts, and plans. The book opens with a chapter defining and illustrating the principles…
Growing and Using Edible Flowers by Sharon Smith Why is it useful to know which blooms are edible? Well, because it adds another way to enjoy your garden and a certain relationship forms when blossoms are consumed. I like to think it adds greater awareness of the plants in our yards, another dimension of their value perhaps. This article is…
by Sharon Smith Focus on Astilbes - Amazing Dependable Shade Flowers This article will underscore the Astilbe, with a focus on how to grow and use them in your gardens. Astilbes were first cultivated around the end of the 1800s and are perfect for the shade garden though some are also at home in sunnier conditions. Astilbes are one of…
Book Review by Josephine Norton – “A Northern Gardeners Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators” by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Island Press 2023. At first glance I thought this book would include the Canadian zone 5 but it is an American published book so deals only with the native plants from the northeastern states. However,…
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“R.H.S. How to Grow Plants for Free: Creating new plants from cuttings, seeds, and more” by Simon Akeroyd. Publisher, Mitchell Beasley London U.K 2024. This lovely little book is the perfect introduction to increasing the number of plants in your garden easily and cheaply and for free by propagating them yourself. It demystifies the art of grafting, taking cuttings, dividing,…
Before you go out to cut your garden blooms, aim to choose flowers that are just starting to open so you can enjoy their full flowering stage. This also means that first thing in the morning is the optimal time to harvest as the blooms have spent the night soaking up moisture. While it is possible that flowers may…
There are many interesting kinds of ferns in the Ottawa area and this article will showcase some of them. Let’s first look at where they can be found. Some ferns typically like forest settings that are moist, shady, and with sufficiently rich soil. These include Christmas Fern, Spinulose Wood Fern, Northern Lady Fern, Ostrich Fern, Oak Fern, and Maidenhair Fern.…
“Veg in One Bed” by Huw Richards 2019. “Sustainable Gardening: Grow a greener low maintenance garden with fewer resources” by Vincent A. Simeone 2021 “Low Maintenance Essential Know How and Expert Advice for Gardening Success.” Zia Allaway 2022 “The Autopilot Garden. A Guide to Hands Off Gardening” by Marion Luke. 2019. All books are available from Ottawa Public Library.…
The History of AY Jackson Park by Sharon Smith Undoubtedly Alexander Young Jackson was one of Canada’s preeminent artists and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Born in Montreal in 1882, he was exhibiting with the Group of Seven starting around 1920. Like the other Group of Seven painters he embraced landscape painting and developed a bold style.…