driving our son j to school in the morning isn’t really much of a chore for me. the biggest traffic snaggle is coming around pacific avenue through yaletown but to be honest, it rarely takes me 20 minutes to travel from downtown to point grey. on the drive i am continually on the look out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘urban garden’
spring entrance
Posted in my gardens, tagged garden, gardening, spring, urban garden, vancouver, westcoast on 14 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
teaser
Posted in my gardens, my home, tagged gardening, urban garden, vancouver, westcoast on 8 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
i realise that i have been absent from my relatively new post in the blogging world so i thought i would just check in. there has been plenty of action at our townhouse since i last wrote. the small back patio underwent some changes with the addition of a cedar deck, more planter boxes and [...]
red star in the evening
Posted in my gardens, tagged cordyline, garden, gardening, red cordyline, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 18 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
despite the temperature in vancouver being below the norms for this time of year i for one really cannot complain. after 4 years of toronto’s long winters, i welcome this comparatively early warmth, flowers reaching skyward and the ability to spend more and more of my time outside and, more specifically, in the garden. as [...]
this is not fish soup
Posted in my gardens, tagged design, garden, gardening, urban garden, vancouver, winter on 3 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
what a great weekend – m was in town, the weather was terrific and i even got a few chores in the garden done! all weekend i have been dreaming about making a vietnamese fish soup. today i was going to the boats at grandville island marina to see what was caught this morning, take [...]
ahhh dirt under my nails
Posted in my gardens, tagged fertilizer, garden, gardening, magnolia, urban garden, vancouver, winter on 21 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
there is something freeing about being an adult and playing about in the dirt. it’s still early, but there are things to be done! i always love giving my plants an early spring fertilizer, nothing too heavy as i like fertilize more often with less, but enough to nourish them at this early date. with [...]
a lawn up high
Posted in my gardens, tagged design, garden, gardening, grass, lawn, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 13 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
k, so it’s not really that high – more like the 5th floor, but it’s still pretty cool. when i first looked at this townhouse many years ago it was this urban oasis that really sold me on the property. the crane in the background remind where we are. i have another friend in town [...]
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