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 be trusted to stay where you… Continue reading Garden Girl – Beginning of the 2019 Garden Dream 020519
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War of Roses – Victory! by Lady Jane Guay DECEMBER 31, 2017
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, each one gives me more courage… Continue reading War of Roses – Victory! by Lady Jane Guay DECEMBER 31, 2017
Garden Girl Loves NAUTICA GRILL & WINE @ The Long Sault Marina JAN 8, 2017
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 have returned or thank him enough… Continue reading Garden Girl Loves NAUTICA GRILL & WINE @ The Long Sault Marina JAN 8, 2017
Garden Girl Introduces her 2016 Flower Show AUG 8, 2016
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 quite successful with the seeds I… Continue reading Garden Girl Introduces her 2016 Flower Show AUG 8, 2016
Garden Girl – Patience in Gardening Goes A Long Way JULY 12, 2016
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! They all feel early to me… Continue reading Garden Girl – Patience in Gardening Goes A Long Way JULY 12, 2016
The Garden Itch for 2016 by Garden Girl MARCH 7, 2016
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 very happy with our 2015 order,… Continue reading The Garden Itch for 2016 by Garden Girl MARCH 7, 2016
2016 – The Year of Flowers by Garden Girl FEB 3
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 was a lot of work!!! Fingers… Continue reading 2016 – The Year of Flowers by Garden Girl FEB 3
Garden Girl is Sick of the Money Sucking Vortex & the Federal Election – OCT 3, 2015
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 incomes are compared. In fact, there… Continue reading Garden Girl is Sick of the Money Sucking Vortex & the Federal Election – OCT 3, 2015
June Bugs, Fireflies and Alien Ant Farms by Garden Girl Dawn-Jane Guay
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 gardening is that ants, yes, ANTS… Continue reading June Bugs, Fireflies and Alien Ant Farms by Garden Girl Dawn-Jane Guay
April Showers Bring May Flowers! By Garden Girl Dawn Jane Guay MAY 30, 2015
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, starting 168 seeds (14 varieties… Continue reading April Showers Bring May Flowers! By Garden Girl Dawn Jane Guay MAY 30, 2015
CFN Reviews Bourdeau’s in Lancaster Ontario by Jamie Gilcig & Garden Girl – April 14, 2015
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 we wanted to try was closed… Continue reading CFN Reviews Bourdeau’s in Lancaster Ontario by Jamie Gilcig & Garden Girl – April 14, 2015
Spring is Finally in the Air! By Garden Girl (Dawn Jane Guay) APRIL 13, 2015
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 taking a turn for the better… Continue reading Spring is Finally in the Air! By Garden Girl (Dawn Jane Guay) APRIL 13, 2015
Elections and The Vote 2014 – Skeletons in the Closets & Why Voting Is Important! by Garden Girl – Sept 24, 2014
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 record you better, you should have… Continue reading Elections and The Vote 2014 – Skeletons in the Closets & Why Voting Is Important! by Garden Girl – Sept 24, 2014
Who are You Voting For and Other Thoughts Worth Pondering by Garden Girl Sept 2, 2014
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 feel about our local government. The… Continue reading Who are You Voting For and Other Thoughts Worth Pondering by Garden Girl Sept 2, 2014
Hoping For A Better Tomorrow for the Cornwall Ontario Area by Garden Girl – Aug 21, 2014
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 that things are not right around… Continue reading Hoping For A Better Tomorrow for the Cornwall Ontario Area by Garden Girl – Aug 21, 2014
Garden Girl – Due Diligence on Voting Day and In Life – June 12, 2014
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 few people are actually doing anything,… Continue reading Garden Girl – Due Diligence on Voting Day and In Life – June 12, 2014
Special Message from Garden Girl Regarding Comment in Standard Freeholder – May 16, 2014
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 offends me that “gardengirl13” did not… Continue reading Special Message from Garden Girl Regarding Comment in Standard Freeholder – May 16, 2014
Garden Girl – Perspectives Of Poverty & Middle Class While Shopping for Books
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 myself in thrift shops, when I… Continue reading Garden Girl – Perspectives Of Poverty & Middle Class While Shopping for Books