Gardening at Last

Greetings Friends, here is another dose of gardening tidbits.

During summer, museum researchers undertake field expeditions in order to collect specimens, document biological a...

Yesterday, was Canada Day and my ‘hood experienced some unexpected “fireworks” in the form of a climate-change trifecta – a heat wave; plus, a major thunderstorm that knocked out power; plus, rain so heavy that it backed up into folks’ basements. For the first time in the 34 years I’ve lived here, the rain backed up through drains in my basement, flooding parts of it. For...

Wow! Already more than two weeks into 2026 and it’s been months since my last post. Last year ended with a couple of personal tragedies that pr...

It’s been years since I wrote about crime or controversy in the gardening world. Sadly, that doesn’t mean the absence of either. There are controversies aplenty. Today, we’ll look at just two issues – proposed new regulations around plant breeders’ rights, and a disturbing incident in the West Bank.

My apologies that this bulletin is arriving a day late. It should have been published yesterday, which was Canada’s 2025 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Not coincidentally, I’m currently reading a wonderful book by Dr. Jennifer Grenz called