As the Garden Grows

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Gardening information and Plant profiles

Home and Garden - Home decor, renovation, DIY projects and related products discussed as well as gardening tips and advice from a Canadian Zone 5b, USD zone 6b gardener. Photos accompany most posts, plus there is a weekly interactive post.

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About this site 

I grew up in Ottawa, the Capital of Canada, and my parents always had both flower and vegetable gardens at our home in the city, and two big gardens up at our cottage. Our cottage area was old farmland that had been owned by my mothers family.

So you can imagine how much practice I had as a child - weeding, watering, making compost, planting seeds and seedlings, tending to plants and harvesting the vegetables each fall.

Gardening was a way of life I suppose. It was a small part of my chores and other than enjoying a few flowers here and there I really didn't think much of it, or really how lucky I was to grow up with such fresh food to eat and lovely flowers around all the time. As I said it was a way of life, it was normal.

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Classic wrote...

Hi dragonden, a warm welcome to my group Nature and Environment! Great lens! I rated it 5*s. Please rate my new lenses Schiaparelli and Tiffanydesign. Keep the good stuff coming!

ReplyPosted June 29, 2007

SPF wrote...

Welcome to my group Backyard Habitat. I always ask new group members to visit our group lenses and rate them. I love the Flickr link on your lens. Pretty garden!! 5*s!
Stef

ReplyPosted June 29, 2007