Country Gardener

Complaining about Canada Post is almost as ubiquitous as grumbling about the weather up here in the Great White North. Ask anyone, especiall...

In my official life as a garden writer, I write a column aimed at beginner gardeners for Canadian Gardening magazine. The editor, Aldona Sa...

Do all gardeners have pangs of regret when a new garden feature means the loss of some favorite plants? I do. One of my husband John's i...

Over at their Gardening and Yardening blog, Nancy Szerlag, the gardener, and Jeff Ball, the yardener, make the point that the much maligned ...

We heard our first red-winged blackbird call yesterday, and my heart melted. I just love red-winged blackbirds: aside from flowers, of cours...

Yippee, the first day of daylight saving time* and the start of our gardening season. Yes, we started "gardening" today - by movin...

How's this for a garden accessory? Heck, every country gardener could use one of these. Maybe not all the time, but skid-steer loaders s...

Came across this quotation from the great English gardener Vita Sackville-West while clearing out files today: Gardening is a luxury occupa...

Everybody up here hates February, so on this 28th and last day, let me outline 10 reasons why I've learned love this much maligned month...

A few years back, I attended a gardening talk given by the lovely Lauren Springer, author of The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resi...