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Late Blossoming Photo’s
During the summer, I have been lucky enough to participate in Frogs In the Park with Family Programs from Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House. It gets very busy at Clinton Park Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through July and August, with program and community families coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, edible flowers, flowers, garden
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Helping Hands …Winter Garden
On Thursday we had lots of little helping hands putting in seedlings for our winter garden. Eva Aboud, from Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House and one of the leaders for Frogs in the Park- a program run by Frog Hollow, showed … Continue reading
Vegi’s, Vegi’s and More Vegi’s
Our little tiny Okra that we thought wasn’t going to do anything..is! Okra usually grows anywhere from 3-6 feet or more, ours…well it has struggled this year with the cold and then found itself dwarfed by the tomato plant that … Continue reading
Whats Struggling
The big okra plant in the front is our third planting, the seeds for the large one were started in a green house. The little plant behind it was started at home and then transplanted. You can see the difference. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Cabbage, Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, okra, Struggling
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What’s Growing
This little tomato is one that self seeded from last year and seems to be hardier than a few of the ones that we bought. Even though it was later coming up it seems to be catching up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, cucumber, Eggplant, elecampane, greens, Japanese Eggplant, Kale, lettuce, Raddichio, Tomatoes
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Under Attack
All this wet overcast weather and the Aphids are having a feast on our Edible Flower Garden . Let the sun shine! You can see the aphids on the stems of the borage flowers. Spent an hour squishing and cleaning … Continue reading
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Tagged aphids, borage, calendula, Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, edible flowers, nasturtiums
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Queen Anne’s Lace?
We had this growing in our garden but got removed to make room for something else. Does anybody recognize it? I am thinking Queen Anne’s Lace? Can anyone confirm if indeed it was Queen Anne’s Lace?
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Tagged Carrot, Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot
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Surprise!
Last Friday I came to the garden to find extra plants (Swiss chard) that had materialized overnight! A few emails later and I still didn’t know who had planted them. Saturday I stopped by the garden early and one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, Jalepeno Pepper, surprise, swiss chard
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Early mornings at the Garden
Early mornings in the park on a beautiful day, joggers out early, seniors doing tai chi. People stopping by to comment on the garden. Very peaceful. Trimmed up the herb garden. Apple Mint is growing strong. A woman stopped by … Continue reading
July 2, 2011- Finally a Sunny day
Getting ready to plant the second round of okra seedlings. The first ones died Two little Okra seedlings. Grow little buddies, grow! Something is eating our cabbage! There won’t be anything left in a week at this … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton park, Clinton Park Experiential Garden, garden, Kale, okra
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