This is probably my 10th year playing in the dirt. It all started with a small herb garden one year at a friend’s cottage in the Kawarthas. The next year, the lavender all came back, with the chives, and the mint. This is where I learned that mint cannot beContinue Reading
I came in with guns blazing. Twenty five acres, suddenly at my fingertips, to tame to my heart’s desire. A vegetable garden here, a lily pad there, hedge trimming here, shrub pruning there… In just over six years the lessons seem and feel infinite, but yet, eachContinue Reading
My Local Haunts: Nautica Grill&Wine at the Long Sault Marina There are many things that I am super thankful for, but I am especially thankful to my Uncle Paul for bringing me to this delicious place over a year ago. I cannot count the amount of times I haveContinue Reading
Our 2016 Private Flower Show I read recently somewhere that June and July lasted five minutes. I fully agree! This has been an epic season for our flowers. Epic by way of blooms and epic by way of lessons… They just keep on coming!!! Last year I was quiteContinue Reading
What a whirlwind this spring has been! I am pleasantly surprised to see all the foxgloves in bloom already! Among roses, which are now in various stages of flower throughout our property, I’ve really been enjoying our geraniums, sweet Williams, pinks, lilies, iris’, bellflowers, violas, primulas and baby’s breath! TheyContinue Reading
The countdown is on- Fourteen days until spring officially starts! That is the best thing I’ve heard in weeks!!! For those not “in the know”, until March 9, 2016, Veseys has a deal on (50$ off 100, 100$ off a 200$ order OR free shipping!)!!! I was veryContinue Reading
It’s February and already I’m tweaking my garden planning for this year. Last year I took on flower-scaping for our property. The running joke was that all the work I did was to buy tickets for this year’s flower show on our property! And trust me, it wasContinue Reading
Apparently Stephen Harper has visited S.,D. & G. and proclaimed that rural Canada should have better internet. The problem is not that we don’t have decent internet, it is that we are expected to pay astronomical amounts for data when our urban friends pay a pittance. Especially when our incomesContinue Reading
This spring seemed to zoom right by. To my embarrassment, although it could happen today (lol!), we have yet to plant our corn, squash and melons. Also, it appears we have fallen off the tomato sucker wagon this year… Again… Besides all that, my newest lesson in gardeningContinue Reading
Such great spring weather we’ve been blessed with this year! It’s been a busy past few weeks and as much as I would love to say that my seed starting has gone off without a hitch, it would be a complete fabrication. I had more faith this year than last,Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Not every restaurant review has to be high end. One of our great CFN writers, Garden Girl (Dawn Jane Guay) cajoled me into taking her out to lunch and we thought what better way to go than do a review. While the original joint weContinue Reading
CFN – My, oh my, oh my, oh my! Hibernation ends! It has been so absolutely beautiful these past few days and I find myself here, struck fully and completely by garden fever. This may be the worst case yet! I am so glad to feel I am finally takingContinue Reading
CFN – Indeed, history is being written. Skeletons are coming out of all the closets. We have deputy mayors running into restaurants and taking stacks of papers while huffing out the door. What is so threatening about locals writing about local events? If you wanted history to recordContinue Reading
CFN – Can you start to feel the election fever around here as the signs are popping up in people’s yards and the propaganda fills our news feeds? This is the time where as a community we can band together and voice our opinions through votes about how we feelContinue Reading
CFN – Where to start; the political climate in this area is absolutely scary. This does not feel like a community, this feels like a battle between good and evil. I do not believe I need to define who is who, anyone with a functioning brain can see thatContinue Reading
CFN – Today I will be voting. It is always a tough call because I want to believe what is said, and then after I must live with the decision, especially hard when it seems most of the campaign promises were empty promises. Everyone has an opinion, but very fewContinue Reading
CFN – It was recently brought to my attention that a person commenting on the Cornwall Standard Freeholder site is using the moniker “gardengirl13”. I am not sure if this is on purpose or not, I choose to believe the party is innocent until proven guilty, but it deeply offendsContinue Reading
CFN – Value Village is an interesting place. If you can get past the odd smells here and there, and the fact that at least one person has previously owned the goods at which you’re ogling, then hey, it can be quite enjoyable. Considering I very seldom find myselfContinue Reading