December 28th, 2007 The seed catalogues have arrived en masse. You know what that means? The 2008 gardening season has begun!! The annual mind boggling task of making up seed orders is underway. As expected, the list has grown wild and a severe trimming will be required to get it under control. There just isn’t enough room in [...]
November 25th, 2007 As a horticulturalist, it is assumed that I have the knowledge and skill to grow anything. Well, I have a confession to make. I can’t. I am a plant killer. Let me clarify that a little. I am a cardamom killer. Back in the days of running a retail greenhouse operation, we had one greenhouse [...]
November 24th, 2007 Although it is only the middle of November, the store shelves are already filling up with poinsettias. Now that’s a sure sign that the Christmas season is upon us! The holiday season is when I really miss the greenhouse industry. We used to fill three greenhouses with poinsettias of every colour imaginable, though red dominated. [...]
