Materfamilias Writes

Five Things Friday, Halfway through September. . .

Five Things Friday, Halfway through September. . .

 1. This climbing rose, which I suspect might be New Dawn,  began the season well, but then suffered a very persistent campaign by aphids, which not surprisingly resulted in an affliction of powdery mildew. Mid-summer,…

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A Mystery Guest in my Garden

A Mystery Guest in my Garden

Thanks so much for your lovely responses to the post I almost didn’t write on Monday, feeling a bit discouraged about blogging as I was. Or perhaps not so much discouraged as protective of my…

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In the Garden . . . Starting with a Rough Schematic

In the Garden . . . Starting with a Rough Schematic

 Between our Canada Day (July 1st) long weekend, and the “bridge” weekend my readers across the border are making of their Independence Day tomorrow,  as well as whatever summer activities are taking the rest of…

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An Urban-Condo Garden Inventory: What We Were Left

An Urban-Condo Garden Inventory: What We Were Left

Since some readers expressed interest, I’m going to try to track our progress as we adapt any skills and knowledge gleaned through years in our seaside garden on “our little island” (those links will take you…

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The Garden as Book: Turning the Pages of My New Urban Terrace

The Garden as Book: Turning the Pages of My New Urban Terrace

I love the way the weather has blasted a rust stencil into the old Doukhobor church bench I picked up years ago to celebrate having successfully passed my doctoral comprehensives. The stencil itself was bought…

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